Romans 6:3 (WEB)
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Catechism · 3
"I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"
“For those who die in Christ's grace it is a participation in the death of the Lord, so that they can also share his Resurrection.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 6:3-9; Phil 3:10-11.
The Sacrament of Baptism
“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 6:3-4; cf. Col 2:12.
Grace and Justification
“The grace of the Holy Spirit has the power to justify us, that is, to cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us "the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ" and through Baptism:” — Catechism footnote: Rom 3:22; cf. 6:3-4.
Fathers and councils · 19
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But that the apostle did know Him as one, both who was born and who suffered, namely Christ Jesus, he again says in the same Epistle: “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized in Christ Jesus were baptized in His death? that like as Christ rose from the dead, so should we also walk in newness of life.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3, 4.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“But mystically, the two thieves represent the two sinful people who were to be crucified by baptism with Christ, (Rom. 6:3.) whose disagreement likewise represents the difference of believers.” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“For although the divine Apostle says: Into Christ and into His death were we baptized, he does not mean that the invocation of baptism must be in these words, but that baptism is an image of the death of Christ.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3.
Read the whole comment“So many of us, the apostle says, as were baptized into Christ, were baptized into His death, and as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Romans vi. 3, 4” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Romans vi. 3–14” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“And then it is written that: “All we who were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3.
Read the whole comment“It is clear that this is said of the baptized, for they receive the inheritance, who are baptized into the death of Christ and are buried together with Him, that they may rise again with Him.” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…curse of the law, being made a curse for us,” and elsewhere “Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death,” and in another place, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ,” and again “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not…” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3
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Leo the Great
“For if we have become united with the likeness of His death, we shall be also (with the likeness) of His resurrection,” and the rest which the Teacher of the Gentiles discusses further in recommending the sacrament of baptism: that it might be seen from the spirit of this…” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3–5. Notice the support here given to the marginal alternative of the R.V., “united with,” instead of “united in” ( Lat. complantati similitudini,…
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Jerome
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3, 4.
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Tertullian
“Thus, too, repute ye yourselves dead indeed to sin, but living to God through Christ Jesus.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 1–11.
Read the whole comment“If you were “in him,” you have your norm; if you have passed over “into Christ,” you will be bound to be (yet) better.” — editor's note: See Rom. vi. 3.
Read the whole comment“But if it is of necessity that God grants us the symbol of death, then He does so unwillingly.” — editor's note: Symbolum mortis indulget. Comp. Rom. vi. 3, 4, 8; Col. ii. 12, 20.
Read the whole comment“We are therefore buried with Him by baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised up from the dead, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3, 4.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“But when we are aware of his attacks, we ought to repeat to ourselves the apostolic words, “As many of us as were baptized into Christ were baptized into His death.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3.
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Basil the Great
““As many of you,” he says, “as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ;” and again, “As many of you as were baptized into Christ were baptized into his death.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 3, with change to 2d person.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…takes place in baptism; and then follows, “and healeth all thine infirmities;” and this takes place by daily additions, while this image is being renewed.” — editor's note: [Justification is instantaneous: sanctification is gradual. Baptism is the sign, not the cause, of the former. “As many of us as were baptized into Jesus…
Read the whole comment“To those who are baptized into the death of Christ, then,—and this class includes not adults only, but infants as well,—he says: “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”” — editor's note: Rom. vi. 1–11
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Cross-references · 34
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in Catechism §1227.
Cited together in Catechism §1227 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §1227 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Catechism §1006.
Cited together in Catechism §1006.
Cited together in Catechism §1227 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §1006.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.2.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 6.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §1987.