ACC ~ 1 John 1 v6

WE LIE. IRENAEUS: A lie has no fellowship with the truth, any more than light with darkness. The presence of one excludes the other. AGAINST HERESIES 3.5.1.

WALKING ACCORDING TO TRUTH. HILARY OF ARLES: The truth is light, so if we do not walk according to it, we are in the dark. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

WHILE WE WALK IN DARKNESS. ANDREAS: John says that if we sin we have no fellowship with God, but if we do the works of light, then we have fellowship with one another. CATENA.

THOSE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS. BEDE: John calls sin heresies, and hatred darkness. Therefore the mere confession of one’s faith is not enough for salvation if there is no sign of good works confirming that faith. But at the same time, the goodness of the works is of no value either, if they are not done in the simplicity of faith and love. Anyone who is in any way surrounded by darkness is totally unable to have fellowship with the One in whom there is no sign of wickedness at all. ON 1 JOHN.

SEEMING TO BE IN GOD. SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN: See to it, brothers, that while we seem to be in God and think that we have communion with him, we should not be found excluded and separated from him, since we do not now see his light. DISCOURSES 33.2.

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