Romans 8:9

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  “Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ,” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:9.

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus VII.45Book VII

  “…and in accordance with the teaching of Jesus, we hear this said of us: “Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Origen, De Principiis III.5Book III

  “And this seems to be the meaning of the apostle in the words, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Gregory of Nyssa

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

  “…“Spirit of the Lord,” teaches us to conceive of Him as a separate individual besides the Only-begotten; just as elsewhere he speaks of “the Spirit of Christ,” employing fairly and in its mystic sense this very term which is piously employed in the system of doctrine according to the Gospel tradition.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.8Book V

  ““For ye,” he declares, “are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.10Book V

  “And again he declares, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians I.11Discourse I

  “…righteousness of the law’ in itself, so as to be able to say, ‘But we are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in us.’” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8Book I

  “For if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His, saith the divine apostle.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 1

  “The echo is no longer around thee, but within thee; for the indwelling Spirit henceforth makes thy mind a house of God.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9, 11.

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• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18

  “But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IV.10Conference IV

  “Sometimes it is used for sins themselves, as here: “But ye are not in the flesh but in the spirit,” and again “Flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God:” lastly there follows, “Neither shall corruption inherit incorruption.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• John Cassian, On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.7Book III

  “But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 52

  “As then Paul, when he saith, “Ye are not in the flesh” ( Rom. viii. 9 ), doth not mean that they are incorporeal, so Christ when He saith, that His disciples are “not of the world,” doth nothing else than testify to their heavenly wisdom.” — the author cites it

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 130

  “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the spirit of God dwell in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 8, 9.

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• Jerome, To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem

  “And to the Saints, who, of course, were in the flesh, he says: ‘But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you.’” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 38

  “And since the Spirit is Christ’s and of God, as says Paul, then just as he who lays hold on one end of the chain pulls the other to him, so he who “draws the Spirit,” as says the prophet, by His means draws to him at the same time both the Son and the Father.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9; 1 Cor. ii. 12.

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• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 17

  “Wherefore “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.4Book I

  “He called Him also the Spirit of Christ, as you read: “But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit III.9Book III

  “But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity V.11Book V

  “…“He proceeds from the Father,” as the Lord says; and because that which the apostle says, “Now, if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His,” he says certainly of the Holy Spirit Himself.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9

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

  “Whence he says again, “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 9

  “And again, “Whoso hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27

  ““But if any man,” saith the apostle, “have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 99

  “You have the same apostle saying in another place, “But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,” where he certainly intended the Spirit of the Father to be understood; of whom, however, he says in another place, “But if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 11, 9.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46

  “For when he actually declares that “they who are in the flesh cannot please God,” he immediately recalls the statement from an heretical sense to a sound one, by adding, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 8, 9.

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• Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49

  “Since, however he has declared of men which are yet alive in the flesh, that they “are not in the flesh,” meaning that they are not living in the works of the flesh, you ought not to subvert its form nor its substance, but only the works done in the substance (of the flesh), alienating us from the kingdom of God.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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

  “…to our aid; for, while explaining in what sense he would not have us “live in the flesh,” although in the flesh—even by not living in the works of the flesh—he shows that when he wrote the words, “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” it was not with the view of condemning the substance (of the…” — editor's note: See Rom. viii. 5–13.

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Hilary of Poitiers

• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 2

  “But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not His, and further, But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies for the sake of His Spirit which dwelleth in you.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Hilary of Poitiers, On the Trinity Book 8

  “But if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Christ from the dead dwelleth in you; He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies, because of His Spirit Who dwelleth in you.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9–11.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 8

  “Again he said:—If the Spirit of Christ is in you, ye are spiritual.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor I.6Book I

  ““For we are no more in the flesh,” as some suppose.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “…subjungit dicens: “Non enim accepistis spiritum servitutis rursus in timorein, sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum, in quo clamamus, Abba Pater;” hoc est, ad hoc accepimus, ut cognoscamus eum, quem oramus, qui est vere Pater, qui rerum omnium solus est Pater, qui ad salutem erudit et castigat at pater,…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.20Book II

  “And the apostle says, “For ye are not any longer in the flesh, but in the Spirit.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 9.

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• Romans 11:14

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.10.

• Romans 14:11

  Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.7.

• Romans 15:19

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• 1 Corinthians 3:1

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• 1 Corinthians 6:11

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 1 Corinthians 7:40

  Cited together in Catechism §693 and 1 other place.

• 1 Corinthians 15:32

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.

• 1 Corinthians 15:40

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 49.

• 1 Corinthians 15:50

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10 and 2 other places.

• 2 Corinthians 3:17

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• 2 Corinthians 5:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• 2 Corinthians 13:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Galatians 3:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Galatians 4:6

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• Galatians 5:17

  Cited together in De Principiis III.5 and 1 other place.

• Galatians 5:21

  Cited together in De Principiis III.5 and 1 other place.

• Ephesians 1:13

  Cited together in Catechism §693 and 1 other place.

• Colossians 1:17

  Cited together in Letters Letter 38.

• Colossians 2:20

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.

• 1 Timothy 5:15

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.

• Hebrews 1:3

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8 and 1 other place.

• Hebrews 13:5

  Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.20.

• James 1:21

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• 1 Peter 4:14

  Cited together in Catechism §693.

• Leviticus 11:2

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• Leviticus 17:14

  Cited together in De Principiis III.5.

• Deuteronomy 14:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• 2 Samuel 5:1

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.10.

• Job 1:1

  Cited together in Letters Letter 38.

• Job 2:11

  Cited together in Letters Letter 38.

• Psalm 1:2

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• Psalm 49:20

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• Psalm 51:10

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.45.

• Psalm 85:12

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.

• Psalm 135:6

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8.

• Jeremiah 5:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• Matthew 7:19

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Matthew 24:36

  Cited together in Letters Letter 38.

• Matthew 24:42

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Mark 10:10

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.

• Mark 13:33

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.10.

• Luke 6:46

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.8.

• John 14:11

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8 and 1 other place.

• John 15:26

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.8 and 1 other place.

• Acts 1:26

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.

• Acts 5:3

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:4

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Acts 5:9

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.9.

• Romans 1:4

  Cited together in De Principiis III.5.

• Romans 7:6

  Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 27.

• Romans 7:20

  Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 46.

• Romans 7:23

  Cited together in De Principiis III.5 and 1 other place.