Romans 8:16

Grace and Justification

• §1996Article 2 · Grace and JustificationRead at vatican.va

  “Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and of eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 1:12-18; 17:3; Rom 8:14-17; 2 Pet 1:3-4.

In the Old Testament

• §2572Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va

  “Prayer restores man to God's likeness and enables him to share in the power of God's love that saves the multitude.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:16-21.

In the Age of the Church

• §2639Article 3 · In the Age of the ChurchRead at vatican.va

  “By praise, the Spirit is joined to our spirits to bear witness that we are children of God,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:16.

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 4

  “…by means of His pre-eminence, are born again into the grace of God through the adoption of sons, according to the truth commended to us by apostolic teaching.” — editor's note: Luke viii. 21; Rom. viii. 15–17; Gal. iv. 5; Eph. i. 5; Heb. ii. 11

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• Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VII.17Book VII

  “…which the bodily senses represent outward things, and up to which reach the capabilities of beasts; and thence, again, I passed on to the reasoning faculty, unto which whatever is received from the senses of the body is referred to be judged, which also, finding itself to be variable in me, raised itself up to its…” — editor's note: Here, and more explicitly in sec. 25, we have before us what has been called the “trichotomy” of man. This doctrine Augustin does not deny in theory, but…

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount II.4Book II

  “The Apostle Paul, again, says, “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant;” and mentions that we have received the Spirit of adoption, “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 15–23 and Gal. iv. 1–6.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 21

  ““The Spirit Itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius VII.1Book VII

  “He says, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirit,” and “no one knoweth the things of a man save the Spirit of man which is in him,” and “the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life,” and “if ye through the…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 55

  “Moreover, the blessed Apostle Paul exhorts and teaches, saying, “We are God’s children; but if children, then heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 80

  ““We are,” says he, “the sons of God: but if sons, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus Chapter 9

  “And again: “We are children of God: but if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, but joint-heirs with Christ, if we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17.

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• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.17Book III

  “Of this same thing to the Romans: “We are the sons of God: but if sons and heirs of God, we are also joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer together, that we may also be magnified together.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 147

  “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him that we may be also glorified together;” and to the Galatians he writes “And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.” — editor's note: Romans viii. 14–17

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 8

  “Its proper and peculiar title is “Holy Spirit;” which is a name specially appropriate to everything that is incorporeal, purely immaterial, and indivisible.” — editor's note: It will be remembered that in the Nicene Creed “the Lord and Giver of life” is τὸ κύριον τὸ ζωοποιόν In A.V. we have both he (John xv. 26, ἐκεῖνος) and it…

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• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 25

  “…is at one time the thought in the heart, and at another speech uttered by the tongue, so is the Holy Spirit, as when He “beareth witness with our spirit,” and when He “cries in our hearts, Abba, Father,” or when He speaks on our behalf, as it is said, “It is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of our Father which…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16.

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• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 27

  ““The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God;” and are we not to allow to the Spirit even that testimony of His fellowship with God which we have learnt from the Lord?” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17. In this passage A.V. follows the neuter of the Greek original. R.V. has substituted “himself.” cf. note on p. 15.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit II.8Book II

  “For how is the Holy Spirit separated from the Son, since “the Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit that we are sons of God, and if sons, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God and joint-heirs with Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16, 17.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.10Book III

  “So we obtain one invisible and one visible testimony in a spiritual sacrament, for “the Spirit Himself beareth witness to our spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 16.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.13Book V

  Chapter XIV.—The Divine Power Shown in Christ’s Incarnation. Meaning of St. Paul’s Phrase. Likeness of Sinful Flesh. No Docetism in It. Resurrection of Our Real Bodies. A Wide Chasm Made in the Epistle by Marcion’s…

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• Romans 12:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 8.

• 1 Corinthians 8:6

  Cited together in Catechism §2639.

• Hebrews 11:17

  Cited together in Catechism §2572.

• Hebrews 11:19

  Cited together in Catechism §2572.

• 2 Peter 1:3

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• 2 Peter 1:4

  Cited together in Catechism §1996 and 1 other place.

• Genesis 22:8

  Cited together in Catechism §2572.

• Psalm 51:10

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 8.

• Matthew 12:28

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 8.

• John 1:6

  Cited together in Confessions VII.17.

• John 1:7

  Cited together in Confessions VII.17.

• John 1:8

  Cited together in Confessions VII.17.

• John 1:12

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 1:13

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 1:14

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 1:15

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 1:16

  Cited together in Catechism §1996 and 1 other place.

• John 1:17

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 1:18

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.

• John 3:6

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 3:12

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.10.

• John 17:3

  Cited together in Catechism §1996.