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Romans 2:16 (WEB)
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

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§1777Article 6 · Moral ConscienceRead at vatican.va
Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil. It also judges particular choices, approving those that are good and denouncing those that are evil.

§678Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va
“Then will the conduct of each one and the secrets of hearts be brought to light.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Mk 12:38-40; Lk 12:1-3; Jn 3:20-21; Rom 2:16; I Cor 4:5.

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.27Book IV
“As I have heard from a certain presbyter, who had heard it from those who had seen the apostles, and from those who had been their disciples, the punishment [declared] in Scripture was sufficient for the ancients in regard to what they did without the Spirit’s guidance.” — editor's note: Polycarp, Papias, Pothinus, and others, have been suggested as probably here referred to, but the point is involved in utter uncertainty. [Surely this…
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 16
“Out of thine own conscience shalt thou be judged, thy thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing, in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History III.4Book III
“And they say that Paul meant to refer to Luke’s Gospel wherever, as if speaking of some gospel of his own, he used the words, “according to my Gospel.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 16, xvi. 25; 2 Tim. ii. 8. Eusebius uses the expression φασί, “they say,” which seems to imply that the interpretation was a common one in his day.…
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John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.4Conference VII
“…says: “Their thoughts between themselves accusing or also defending one another, in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men according to my gospel.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.12Conference XIII
“…bearing witness to these, and their thoughts within them either accusing or else excusing them, in the day in which God shall judge the secrets of men.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 14–16.
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John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVII.14Conference XVII
“…when God shall judge the secrets of men;” and this too: “But I am coming to gather together their works and thoughts together with all nations and tongues.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16; Is. lxvi. 18.
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John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.20Book VIII
“…and tongues;” and again: “Their thoughts between themselves accusing or also defending one another, in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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Origen, De Principiis II.10Book II
“And this, I think, was the opinion of the Apostle Paul himself, when he said, “Their thoughts mutually accusing or excusing them in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 5
““Let them,” therefore, “fall from their own thoughts,” is, let them fall by their self-accusing thoughts, “their own conscience also bearing witness,” as the Apostle says, “and their thoughts accusing or excusing, in the revelation of the just judgment of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount II.9Book II
“…also bearing them witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another, in the day when the Lord shall judge the secrets of men.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 14–16.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XX.26Book XX
“And the apostle says, “The thoughts accusing or else excusing, in the day in which God shall judge the hidden things of men, according to my gospel in Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 15, 16.
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Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Antony §19
“But let him abide in that which is good, without being negligent, nor condemning his neighbours, nor justifying himself, ‘until the Lord come who searcheth out hidden things,’ as saith the blessed apostle Paul.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 5; Rom. ii. 16.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.12Book V
“…who have sinned in the law, and of those who have sinned without law (inasmuch as they who know not the law yet do by nature the things contained in the law)—surely the God who shall judge is He to whom belong both the law, and that nature which is the rule to them who know not the law.” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 12–16.
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