Commentary on the Gospel of John
Classic translation
3rd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890
Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)
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Contents
- Book 1.
- How Christians Are the Spiritual Israel
- The 144,000 Sealed in the Apocalypse Are Converts to Christ From the Gentile…
- In the Spiritual Israel the High-Priests Are Those Who Devote Themselves to the…
- The Study of the Gospels is the First Fruits Offered by These Priests of…
- All Scripture is Gospel; But the Gospels Are Distinguished Above Other…
- The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. Qualifications…
- What Good Things Are Announced in the Gospels
- How the Gospels Cause the Other Books of Scripture Also to Be Gospel
- The Somatic and the Spiritual Gospel
- How Jesus Himself is the Gospel
- Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold
- The Gospel Contains the Ill Deeds Also Which Were Done to Jesus
- The Angels Also Are Evangelists
- The Old Testament, Typified by John, is the Beginning of the Gospel
- The Gospel is in the Old Testament, and Indeed in the Whole Universe. Prayer…
- Meaning of “Beginning.” (1) in Space
- (2) in Time. The Beginning of Creation
- (3) of Substance
- (4) of Type and Copy
- (5) of Elements and What is Formed From Them
- (6) of Design and Execution
- The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All Things in…
- The Title “Word” Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method as the Other Titles of…
- Christ as Light; How He, and How His Disciples Are the Light of the World
- Christ as the Resurrection
- Christ as the Way
- Christ as the Truth
- Christ as Life
- Christ as the Door and as the Shepherd
- Christ as Anointed (Christ) and as King
- Christ as Teacher and Master
- Christ as Son
- Christ the True Vine, and as Bread
- Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between These
- Christ as the Living and the Dead
- Christ as a Sword
- Christ as a Servant, as the Lamb of God, and as the Man Whom John Did Not Know
- Christ as Paraclete, as Propitiation, and as the Power of God
- Christ as Wisdom and Sanctification and Redemption
- Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good God, and as…
- Christ as the Rod, the Flower, the Stone
- Of the Various Ways in Which Christ is the Logos
- Book 2.
- “And the Word Was With God, and the Word Was God.”
- In What Way the Logos is God. Errors to Be Avoided on This Question
- Various Relations of the Logos to Men
- That the Logos is One, Not Many. Of the Word, Faithful and True, and of His…
- He (This One) Was in the Beginning With God
- How the Word is the Maker of All Things, and Even the Holy Spirit Was Made…
- Of Things Not Made Through the Logos
- Heracleon's View That the Logos is Not the Agent of Creation
- That the Logos Present in Us is Not Responsible for Our Sins
- “That Which Was Made Was Life in Him, and the Life Was the Light of Men.” This…
- How No One is Righteous or Can Truly Be Said to Live in Comparison With God
- Is the Saviour All That He Is, to All?
- How the Life in the Logos Comes After the Beginning
- How the Natures of Men Are Not So Fixed From the First, But That They May Pass…
- Heracleon's View That the Lord Brought Life Only to the Spiritual. Refutation…
- The Life May Be the Light of Others Besides
- The Higher Powers Are Men; And Christ is Their Light Also
- How God Also is Light, But in a Different Way; And How Life Came Before Light
- The Life Here Spoken of is the Higher Life, That of Reason
- Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness
- Christ is Not, Like God, Quite Free From Darkness: Since He Bore Our Sins
- How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light
- There is a Divine Darkness Which is Not Evil, and Which Ultimately Becomes Light
- John the Baptist Was Sent. From Where? His Soul Was Sent From a Higher Region
- Argument From the Prayer of Joseph, to Show That the Baptist May Have Been an…
- John is Voice, Jesus is Speech. Relation of These Two to Each Other
- Significance of the Names of John and of His Parents
- The Prophets Bore Witness to Christ and Foretold Many Things Concerning Him
- The Six Testimonies of the Baptist Enumerated. Jesus' “Come and See.”…
- How John Was a Witness of Christ, and Specially of “The Light.”
- Fragments of the Fourth Book
- From the Fifth Book.
- From the Preface
- How Scripture Warns Us Against Making Many Books
- The Apostles Wrote Little
- Chapter 4
- Book 6.
- The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer…
- How the Prophets and Holy Men of the Old Testament Knew the Things of Christ
- “Grace and Truth Came Through Jesus Christ.” These Words Belong to the Baptist…
- John Denies That He is Elijah or “The” Prophet. Yet He Was “A” Prophet
- There Were Two Embassies to John the Baptist; The Different Characters of These
- Messianic Discussion With John the Baptist
- Of the Birth of John, and of His Alleged Identity With Elijah. Of the Doctrine…
- John is a Prophet, But Not the Prophet
- John I. 22
- Of the Voice John the Baptist Is
- Of the Way of the Lord, How It is Narrow, and How Jesus is the Way
- Heracleon's View of the Voice, and of John the Baptist
- John I. 24, 25. Of the Baptism of John, That of Elijah, and That of Christ
- Comparison of the Statements of the Four Evangelists Respecting John the…
- How the Baptist Answers the Question of the Pharisees and Exalts the Nature of…
- Comparison of John's Testimony to Jesus in the Different Gospels
- Of the Testimony of John to Jesus in Matthew's Gospel
- Of the Testimony in Mark. What is Meant by the Saviour's Shoes and by Untying…
- Luke and John Suggest That One May Loose the Shoe-Latchets of the Logos Without…
- The Difference Between Not Being “Sufficient” And Not Being “Worthy.”
- The Fourth Gospel Speaks of Only One Shoe, the Others of Both. The Significance…
- How the Word Stands in the Midst of Men Without Being Known of Them
- Heracleon's View of This Utterance of John the Baptist, and Interpretation of…
- The Name of the Place Where John Baptized is Not Bethany, as in Most Copies…
- Jordan Means “Their Going Down.” Spiritual Meanings and Application of This
- The Story of Israel Crossing Jordan Under Joshua is Typical of Christian…
- Of Elijah and Elisha Crossing the Jordan
- Naaman the Syrian and the Jordan. No Other Stream Has the Same Healing Power
- The River of Egypt and Its Dragon, Contrasted With the Jordan
- Of What John Learned From Jesus When Mary Visited Elisabeth in the Hill Country
- Of the Conversation Between John and Jesus at the Baptism, Recorded by Matthew…
- John Calls Jesus a “Lamb.” Why Does He Name This Animal Specially? Of the…
- A Lamb Was Offered at the Morning and Evening Sacrifice. Significance of This
- The Morning and Evening Sacrifices of the Saint in His Life of Thought
- Jesus is a Lamb in Respect of His Human Nature
- Of the Death of the Martyrs Considered as a Sacrifice, and in What Way It…
- Of the Effects of the Death of Christ, of His Triumph After It, and of the…
- The World, of Which the Sin is Taken Away, is Said to Be the Church. Reasons…
- Book 10.
- Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This
- The Discrepancy Between John and the First Three Gospels at This Part of the…
- What We Are to Think of the Discrepancies Between the Different Gospels
- Scripture Contains Many Contradictions, and Many Statements Which Are Not…
- Paul Also Makes Contradictory Statements About Himself, and Acts in Opposite…
- Different Accounts of the Call of Peter, and of the Imprisonment of the…
- Why His Brothers Are Not Called to the Wedding; And Why He Abides at Capernaum…
- How Christ Abides With Believers to the End of the Age, and Whether He Abides…
- Heracleon Says That Jesus is Not Stated to Have Done Anything at Capernaum. But…
- Significance of Capernaum
- Why the Passover is Said to Be That of the “Jews.” Its Institution: and the…
- Of the Heavenly Festivals, of Which Those on Earth Are Typical
- Spiritual Meaning of the Passover
- In the First Three Gospels the Passover is Spoken of Only at the Close of the…
- Discrepancy of the Gospel Narratives Connected With the Cleansing of the Temple
- The Story of the Purging of the Temple Spiritualized. Taken Literally, It…
- Matthew's Story of the Entry Into Jerusalem. Difficulties Involved in It for…
- The Ass and the Colt Are the Old and the New Testament. Spiritual Meaning of…
- Various Views of Heracleon on Purging of the Temple
- The Temple Which Christ Says He Will Raise Up is the Church. How the Dry Bones…
- That the Son Was Raised Up by the Father. The Charge Brought Against Jesus at…
- The Temple of Solomon Did Not Take Forty-Six Years to Build. With Regard to…
- The Temple Spoken of by Christ is the Church. Application to the Church of the…
- The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious Difficulties…
- Further Spiritualizing of Solomon's Temple-Building
- The Promises Addressed to Jerusalem in the Prophets Refer to the Church, and…
- Of the Belief the Disciples Afterwards Attained in the Words of Jesus
- The Difference Between Believing in the Name of Jesus and Believing in Jesus…
- About What Beings Jesus Needed Testimony
- How Jesus Knew the Powers, Better or Worse, Which Reside in Man