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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

Romans 10:8

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Romans 10:8 (WEB)

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:

Catechism · 1

  • §432Article 2 · "And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"Read at vatican.va

    “It is the divine name that alone brings salvation, and henceforth all can invoke his name, for Jesus united himself to all men through his Incarnation,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 3:18; Acts 2:21; 5:41; 3 Jn 7; Rom 10:6-13.

Fathers and councils · 6

Irenaeus of Lyons

  • Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.36Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

    “For the truth is unsophisticated (ἀσχημάτιστος); and “the word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart,” as the same apostle declares, being easy of comprehension to those who are obedient.” — editor's note: Rom. x. 8; Deut. xxx. 14.

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Hilary of Poitiers

  • “Thy word is nigh, in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is, the word of faith which we preach: because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart, that God hath raised Him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” — editor's note: Rom. x. 6–9.

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Gregory of Nyssa

  • ““But,” says the Apostle, “the word is nigh thee;” the grace begins at home; there is the manufactory of all the virtues; there this life has become exquisitely refined by a continual…” — editor's note: Rom. x. 8: ἐλλύς σου τὸ ῥ& 210·μά ἐστιν, ἐν τῷ στόματί σου καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδί& 139· σου. Cf. Deut. xxx. 14.

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Clement of Alexandria

  • “Wherefore the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed; that is, the word of faith which we preach: for if thou confess the word with thy mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”” — editor's note: Rom. x. 10, 11, 8, 9.

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Augustine of Hippo

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  • Romans 10:8 takes up the words of Deuteronomy 30:14 (9 words in common).

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