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1 Corinthians 10
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1 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud: and all passed through the sea. CCC · Fathers
2 And all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea: CCC
3 And did all eat the same spiritual food: CCC
4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: (And they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.) CCC · Fathers
5 But with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the desert. CCC · Fathers
6 Now these things were done in a figure of us, that we should not covet evil things, as they also coveted. CCC
7 Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpents. CCC
10 Neither do you murmur, as some of them murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come. CCC · Fathers
12 Wherefore, he that thinketh himself to stand, let him take heed lest he fall.
13 Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it. CCC
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols.
15 I speak as to wise men: judge ye yourselves what I say.
16 The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? CCC · Fathers
17 For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread. CCC
18 Behold Israel according to the flesh. Are not they that eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What then? Do I say that what is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? Or that the idol is any thing?
20 But the things which the heathens sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils and not to God. And I would not that you should be made partakers with devils. Fathers
21 You cannot drink the chalice of the Lord and the chalice of devils: you cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.
23 All things are lawful for me: but all things do not edify.
24 Let no man seek his own, but that which is another’s.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat: asking no question for conscience’ sake.
26 The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof. Fathers
27 If any of them that believe not, invite you, and you be willing to go: eat of any thing that is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.
28 But if any man say: This has been sacrificed to idols: do not eat of it, for his sake that told it and for conscience’ sake. Fathers
29 Conscience I say, not thy own, but the other’s. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience?
30 If I partake with thanksgiving, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.
32 Be without offence to the Jew, and to the Gentiles and to the church of God:
33 As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself but to many: that they may be saved.
This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church
Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.
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- CCC 697 “Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament,…”
- CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
Read the Catechism and Fathers
- CCC 694 “Water. the symbolism of water signifies the Holy Spirit's action in Baptism, since after the invocation of the Holy Spirit it becomes…”
- CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
“… did not send you to a bath, there to wash away murder and other sins, which not even all the water of the sea were sufficient to purge; but, as might have been expected, this was that saving bath of the olden time which followed”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
“For as in the former covenant, "with many of them was He not well pleased;”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 1094 “It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built, and then, that of…”
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- CCC 2119 “Tempting God consists in putting his goodness and almighty power to the test by word or deed. Thus Satan tried to induce…”
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- CCC 2175 “Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the…”
“… He was learning to keep [in his memory] the words of God, and the celestial patterns, and the spiritual images, and the types of things to come; as also Paul says: "For they drank of the rock which followed them: and the rock was Christ.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 2848 “Lead us not into temptation" implies a decision of the heart: "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also....…”
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- CCC 1329 “The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his…”
- CCC 1334 “In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered in sacrifice among the first fruits of the earth as a sign of…”
- CCC 1396 “The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church. Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ.…”
“… and revived, that He might rule over the living and the dead." And again, writing to the Corinthians, he declares, "But we preach Christ Jesus crucified;" and adds, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“But if this indeed do not attain salvation, then neither did the Lord redeem us with His blood, nor is the cup of the Eucharist the communion of His blood, nor the bread which we break the communion of His body.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter II. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 1329 “The Lord's Supper, because of its connection with the supper which the Lord took with his disciples on the eve of his…”
- CCC 1396 “The unity of the Mystical Body: the Eucharist makes the Church. Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ.…”
- CCC 1621 “In the Latin Rite the celebration of marriage between two Catholic faithful normally takes place during Holy Mass, because of the connection…”
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“… their reason in judging of the actions that were done, were struck with terror; and being carried away by fear, and not knowing that these were demons, they called them gods, and gave to each the name which each of the demons chose for himself.”
Quoted in First Apology, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 155), Chapter V. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.”
Quoted in First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Clement of Rome (c. AD 96), Chapter LIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“For "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.”
Quoted in First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Clement of Rome (c. AD 96), Chapter LIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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