John 14:6

Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

Now the way is unerring, namely, Jesus Christ. For, says He, "I am the way and the life."[66]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians

And this way leads to the Father. For "no man," says He, "cometh to the Father but by Me."[67]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians

The Comforter is holy, and the Word is holy, the Son of the Father, by whom He made all things, and exercises a providence over them all. This is the Way[78]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I

But when this name of six letters was manifested (the person bearing it clothing Himself in flesh, that He might come under the apprehension of man's senses, and having in Himself these six and twenty-four letters), then, becoming acquainted with Him, they ceased from their ignorance, and passed from death unto life, this name serving as their guide to the Father of truth.[204]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

Since, therefore, the tradition from the apostles does thus exist in the Church, and is permanent among us, let us revert to the Scrip-rural proof furnished by those apostles who did also write the Gospel, in which they recorded the doctrine regarding God, pointing out that our Lord Jesus Christ is the truth,[17]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

If ye had known Me, ye would have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye have both known Him, and have seen Him."[79]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

We merely therefore assert here, that philosophy is characterized by investigation into truth and the nature of things (this is the truth of which the Lord Himself said, "I am the truth"[73]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V

If, then, we affirm that aught is just, and affirm it to be good, and we also say that truth is something, yet we have never seen any of such objects with our eyes, but with our mind alone. Now the Word of God says, "I am the truth."[34]

Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

of thy foot: and God shall give thee a wearying heart, and a pining soul, and failing eyes, that they see not: and thy life shall hang on the tree[251]

Tertullian Against Praxeas

and, "I am the way: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me; "[332]

Tertullian On Repentance

Having found "the truth,"[32]

Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins

For these, for the most part, are the sources whence, from some ignorance or simplicity, custom finds its beginning; and then it is successionally confirmed into an usage, and thus is maintained in opposition to truth. But our Lord Christ has surnamed Himself Truth,[2]

Origen Against Celsus Book I

We now, believing Jesus Himself, when He says respecting His divinity, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life,"[131]

Origen Against Celsus Book VI

And no one asks, "How shall I learn the way which leads to Him? "because he has heard Him who says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life,"[348]

Origen Against Celsus Book VIII

Again He says, "I am the truth; "[26]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

For now that the true light has arisen, ye wander as in the night, and stumble on places with no roads, and fall headlong, as having forsaken the way that saith, "I am the way."[178]

Cyprian Epistle LXXII

For they who know God the Father the Creator, ought also to know Christ the Son, lest they should flatter and applaud themselves about the Father alone, without the acknowledgment of His Son, who also said, "No man cometh to the Father but by me."[23]

Cyprian Epistle LXXIII

This truth Christ showed to us in His Gospel, and said, "I am the truth."[22]

Cyprian Treatise IV On the Lord's Prayer

how much more effectually do we obtain what we ask in Christ's name, if we ask for it in His own prayer![7]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh to the Father but by me."[292]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to John: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."[543]

Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian

said: In the Gospel the Lord says, "I am the truth."[61]

A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

that he who thoroughly, and fully, and with all faith and all religiousness, drew near to the Son of God, by all means shall attain, through the Son Himself, in whom he thus believes, to the Father, and shall see Him. "For no one," says He, "can come to the Father, but by me."[223]

Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith

How could one say that Christ is saved, when the Lord Himself says, "I am the life; "[17]

Dionysius A Commentary on the Beginning of Ecclesiastes

And they, therefore, are the wise who walk in His way; for He Himself has said, "I am the way."[23]

Epitome of the Divine Institutes by Lactantius

This is wisdom, and this is the mystery of the Supreme God.God willed that He should be acknowledged and worshipped through Him.[117]

Origen Commentary on John Book I

And a fourth in addition to time is the way which leads to the truth. And all these things our Saviour teaches that He is, when He says:[47]

Origen Commentary on John Book I

And on the one side the Word is no other than the Christ, the Word, He who was with the Father, by whom all things were made; while, on the other side, the Life is no other than the Son of God, who says:[86]

Origen Commentary on John Book VI

Consider if the other things which Christ is said to be in a unity admit of being multiplied in the same way and spoken of in the plural. For example, Christ is our life as the Saviour Himself says,[21]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

-and He is life also, as from the Father the spring of life, who said, "I am the Life; "[62]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

But we must seek to understand what is meant by "tasting of death." And He is life who says, "I am the life,"[212]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

and as there is no truth apart from the working of Him who says, "I am the Truth,"[248]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII

Now we must think that the devil has the power of death,-not of that which is common and indifferent, in accordance with which those who are compacted of soul and body die, when their soul is separated from the body,-but of that death which is contrary to and the enemy of Him who said, "I am the Life,"[71]