Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 John 5:5

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 12, page 42, footnote 12 (Image)

Leo the Great, Gregory the Great

The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great. (HTML)

Letters. (HTML)

To Flavian commonly called “the Tome.” (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 303 (In-Text, Margin)

... class="sc">God cleanseth us from all sin.” And again: “this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.” And “who is He that overcometh the world save He that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God. This is He that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that testifieth, because the Spirit is the truth, because there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, the water and the blood, and the three are one[1 John 5:4-8].” The Spirit, that is, of sanctification, and the blood of redemption, and the water of baptism: because the three are one, and remain undivided, and none of them is separated from this connection; because the catholic Church lives and progresses by ...