Romans 13:8 (WEB)
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Catechism · 2
The Virtues
“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 15:9-10; cf. Mt 22:40; Rom 13:8-10.
You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
“…are summed up in this sentence, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 13:8-10.
Fathers and councils · 10
Augustine of Hippo
“For in Scripture and in many writers four virtues are described useful for life: prudence, by which we discern between good and evil; justice, by which we give each person his due, “owing no man anything,” but loving all men: temperance, by which we restrain lusts; fortitude, by which we bear all troubles.” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8.
Read the whole comment“Did not one of His soldiers, His most beloved companion, say to his fellow soldiers, the provincials, so to speak, of Christ, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers”?” — editor's note: Also Rom. xiii. 1, 7, 8.
Read the whole comment““For he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law,” saith the apostle: and, “Charity is the fulfilling of the law.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8, 10.
Read the whole comment“…may live righteously and be righteous in character, by assigning to every one that which is his due, so as to owe no man anything, but to love one another.” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8
Read the whole comment“For He has given me the love, of which it is said, “Owe no man anything, but to love one another.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
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“Then the full corn in the ear;” [Ps 111:10] that is, charity, for charity is the fulfilling of the Law. [see Rom 13:8]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“No art but is either mother or kinswoman of some neighbour art: nothing is independent of its neighbour.” — editor's note: Alterius = ἑτέρον which in the New Testament is = to “neighbour” in Rom. xiii. 8, etc. [Our author must have borne in mind Cicero’s beautiful words—“Etenim…
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Clement of Alexandria
“But the cavillers did not know even this, as the apostle says, “that he who loveth his brother worketh not evil;” for this, “Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal; and if there be any other commandment, it is comprehended in the word, Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8–10.
Read the whole comment“Such shall he be “who cleaves to that which is good,” according to the apostle, “who hates evil, having love unfeigned; for he that loveth another fulfilleth the law.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also to the Romans: “Render to all what is due: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour; owe no man anything, except to love another.”” — editor's note: Rom. xiii. 7, 8.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VIII.6.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:26–29 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1824.
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:26–29 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:26–29 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:26–29 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 4:26–29 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §1824.
Cited together in Catechism §1824.