ACC ~ 1 John 1 v3

FELLOWSHIP WITH US. HILARY OF ARLES: Our fellowship is in the unity of our faith here on earth and in the eternal dwelling place of God in heaven. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

WITH THE FATHER AND HIS SON. ANDREAS: What did they proclaim, but that eternal life has appeared to us and that we have become witnesses of it? What you gain from this proclamation is the right to share this experience with us. For the one who is in fellowship with us has fellowship with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ, and since you share in the same fellowship, we shall all have joy together, in that we have been united to God. CATENA.

THAT WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD. BEDE: John shows quite clearly that those who want to have fellowship with God must first of all be joined to the church and there learn that faith and be blessed with its sacraments, which the disciples truly received during the time of Christ’s incarnation. Nor do those who believe the apostles’ testimony belong any less to the Lord than those who believed him when they heard him preaching in the flesh do, although there might be some distinction in the quality of the works of faith which they perform. ON 1 JOHN.

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