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Conciliar Citations of St. John's Gospel
This chart has been produced from the index of biblical citations found
in Fr. Norman Tanner's
Decrees
of the Ecumenical Councils (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1990). It should
be noted that this chart only includes what Tanner has catalogued as the
direct citations of St. John's Gospel in the twenty-one Ecumenical
Councils of the Catholic Church. The direct citations of St. John's Gospel
in the first seven Ecumenical Councils have been bolded and italicized.
I have taken all of the Scriptural quotes below from the RSV edition and
have included several periods after the verses which have been quoted in
full by the Ecumenical Councils. When a Council cites a verse somewhere
other than the beginning of the verse I have indicated this by placing
several periods before the beginning of those verses where this occurs.
In his index Tanner also lists what he sees to be the indirect citations
of St. John's Gospel in the Ecumenical Council. I have not included a chart
of these, however, because there is some discrepancy among theologians
as to exactly which Johannine texts are being indirectly referred to in
the various conciliar documents.
| Johannine Texts | Direct Citations in the Ecumenical Councils | Page #
in Tanner |
Citation #
in DS (if available) |
| 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word..." | Ephesus - The Third Letter of
Cyril to Nestorius
Chalcedon - The Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian |
58
79 |
|
| 1:3 - "All things were made through Him, and..." | Chalcedon - The Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian | 79 | |
| 1:9 - "It was the true light that enlightens every one..." | Vatican II - The Church in the Modern World, ch. 57 | 1108 | |
| 1:13 - "who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh..." | Vatican II - Decree on the Training of Priests, ch. 16 | 1062 | |
| 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." | Ephesus - The Third Letter of
Cyril to Nestorius; Canon 1; Canon 5
Chalcedon - The Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian Vatican II - Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity, ch. 3 |
52, 59, 60
78, 79
1012 |
113, 117,
118, 120 |
| 1:29b - "...Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world!" | Trent - Decree on Original Sin, Canon 3 | 666 | 790 |
| 1:42b - "You shall be called Cephas..." | Vatican I - First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ, ch. 3 | 812 | 1822 |
| 2:1b - "...and the mother of Jesus was there." | Ephesus - Second Letter of Nestorius to Cyril | 48 | |
| 2:16b - "...you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." | Nicaea II - Canon 13 | 149 | |
| 2:19b - "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up." | Ephesus - Second Letter of Nestorius to Cyril | 47 | |
| 3:5b - "...unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God." | Trent - Decree on Original Sin, Canon 4;
Decree on Justification, ch. 4; Canons on the Sacrament of Baptism, Canon 2 |
667
672 685 |
791
796 858 |
| 3:8 - "The wind blows where it will..." | Vatican II - Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People, ch. 3 | 983 | |
| 3:13 - "No one has ascended into heaven but He Who descended from heaven, the Son of man." | Ephesus - Letter of Cyril to John of Antioch | 72 | |
| 3:18 - "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already..." | Constantinople II - Sentence against the Three Chapters | 110 | |
| 3:34 - "For He Whom God has sent utters the words of God..." | Vatican II - Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, ch. 4 | 972 | |
| 4:13-14 - "...whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst..." | Trent - Decree on Justification, ch. 16 | 678 | 809 |
| 4:22b - "...we worship what we know..." | Constance - Condemnation of John Wyclif's Articles, Article 2 | 422 | |
| 5:14b - "Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 22 | 245 | |
| 5:29 - "and they will come forth, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil..." | Vatican II - Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, ch. 48 | 888 | |
| 6:38 - "...I have come down from heaven, not to do my will, but the will of the Father..." | Constantinople III - Exposition of Faith | 128 | 291 |
| 6:51 - "...the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." | Trent - Teaching on Communion under Both Kinds and of Children, ch. 1 | 726 | 930 |
| 6:53 - "Amen, Amen I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood..." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorius | 55 | |
| 6:54 - "...he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life..." | Trent - Teaching on Communion under Both Kinds and of Children, ch. 1 | 726 | 930 |
| 6:56 - "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." | Trent - Teaching on Communion under Both Kinds and of Children, ch. 1 | 726 | 930 |
| 6:58 - "...he who eats me will live because of me." | Trent - Decree on the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, ch. 2 | 694 | 875 |
| 6:58 - "...he who eats this bread will live forever." | Trent - Teaching on Communion under Both Kinds and of Children, ch. 1 | 726 | 930 |
| 7:51 - "Does our law judge a person without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" | Constantinople IV - Canon 10 | 174 | |
| 8:11 - "...go and sin no more, lest something worse befall you." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 22 | 245 | |
| 8:12 - "I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life." | Constantinople III - Exposition of Faith | 124 | |
| 8:31-32 - "If you continue in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." | Constantinople IV - Definition of the Holy and Universal Eighth Synod | 160 | |
| 8:40 - "but now you seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you..." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorius | 55 | |
| 10:1 - "...he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber..." | Constance - Condemned Articles of John Hus, art. 24 | 431 | |
| 10:11b - "The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." | Basel-Ferrara-Florence-Rome - Form of Consent | 496 | |
| 10:15b - "...and I lay down my life for the sheep." | Basel-Ferrara-Florence-Rome - Form of Consent | 496 | |
| 10:16c - "So there shall be one flock and one shepherd." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 4 | 236 | 435 |
| 10:29 - "What the Father gave me is greater than all." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 2 | 232 | 432 |
| 10:30 - "I and the Father are one." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril
to Nestorius
Chalcedon - The Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian |
55
80 |
|
| 10:36 - "...whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world." | Vatican II - Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity, ch. 3 | 1013 | |
| 11:52b - "...and to gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad." | Vatican I - Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith | 805 | |
| 12:25b - "...whoever hates his life in this world, will keep it for eternal life." | Lateran V - Condemnation of Every Proposition Contrary to the Truth of the Enlightened Christian Faith | 605 | |
| 12:32 - "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." | Vatican II - Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, ch. 3 | 850 | |
| 13:1b - "...when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father..." | Lateran V - On the Abrogation of the Pragmatic Sanction | 640 | |
| 13:3 - "Jesus knowing, that the Father had given all things into his hands..." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 71
Lyons I - Constitutions, I, ch. 5 |
268
299 |
|
| 13:10c - "...and you are clean, but not all of you." | Constance - Condemned Articles of John Wycliff, art. 11 | 423 | |
| 13:35 - "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." | Vatican II - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, ch. 93 | 1135 | |
| 14:6a - "I am the way, and the truth, and the life..." | Vatican II - Declaration on the Relation of
the Church to Non-Christian Religions
Vatican II - Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity |
969
1022 |
|
| 14:9b - "He who has seen me has seen the Father." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorius | 55 | |
| 14:27b - "My peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you..." | Chalcedon - Definition of the
Faith
Constantinople III - Exposition of Faith |
83
124 |
|
| 14:28c - "The Father is greater than I." | Chalcedon - The Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian | 80 | |
| 15:5c - "Apart from me you can do nothing." | Vatican II - The Constitution on the Sacred
Liturgy, ch. 4, art. 86
Vatican II - Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People, ch. 4 |
835
983 |
|
| 15:6 - "If anyone does not abide in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch as shall wither." | Constance - Sentence Condemning Jerome of Prague | 433 | |
| 15:12 - "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." | Lateran V - On Religious and Their Privileges | 646 | |
| 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, of laying down one's life for one's friends." | Vatican II - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, ch. 32 | 1088 | |
| 16:13a - "When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorius | 57 | |
| 16:14 - "He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you." | Ephesus - Third Letter of Cyril to Nestorius | 57 | |
| 16:33c - "...but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." | Vatican II - Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, ch. 22 | 1069 | |
| 17:11b - "Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one." | Vatican II - Decree on the Training of Priests, ch. 5 | 950 | |
| 17:15-16 - "I do not pray that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one..." | Vatican II - Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests | 1045 | |
| 17:20-21 - "I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word..." | Vatican I - First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ | 811 | 1821 |
| 17:21 - "that they may all be one, even as you, Father, are in me, and I in thou, that they also may be one in us..." | Vatican II - Decree on Ecumenism | 908
913 |
|
| 17:21-22 - "that they may all be one...even as we are one." | Vatican II - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World | 1083 | |
| 17:22b - "...that they may be one even as we are one." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 2
Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 2 Basel-Ferrara-Florence-Rome - Pope Eugenius IV's Decree Continuing the Council of Florence |
231
232 584 |
431, 432 |
| 17:23a - "...so that they may be made perfectly one." | Lateran IV - Constitutions, ch. 2 | 231 | 431, 432 |
| 18:31b - "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death." | Constance - Condemned Articles of John Hus, art. 14 | 430 | 640 |
| 19:33-35 - "But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead....He who saw it has born witness...that you also may believe." | Vienne - Decrees, 1 | 360 | 480 |
| 20:22b - "Receive the Holy Spirit." | Constantinople II - Anathemas Against the Three Chapters, 12 | 120 | |
| 20:22-23 - "Receive the Holy Spirit; if you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven, if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." | Trent - Doctrine of the Most Holy Sacraments
of Penance and Extreme Unction, ch. 1
Trent - Canons Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of Penance, Canon 3 |
703
711 |
894
913 |
| 20:23 - "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven, if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." | Trent - Decree on Justification, ch. 14
Trent - Doctrine of the Most Holy Sacraments of Penance and Extreme Unction, ch. 6 Trent - Canons Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of Penance, Canon 10 |
677
707
713 |
807
902
920 |
| 20:28b - "My Lord and my God." | Constantinople II - Anathemas Against the Three Chapters, 12 | 120 | 224 |
| 21:15-17 - "Feed my lambs.... Feed my sheep." | Vatican I - First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ. | 812 | 1822 |
| 21:17d-i - "Do you love me?...Feed my sheep." | Vatican II - Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests, ch. 3, 12 | 1057 |
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The Johannine Literature Web was created
and is maintained by Felix Just, S.J.
This page was last updated
on 09/27/01
Copyright © 1999-2001