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For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

car celui qui mange et boit sans discerner le corps du Seigneur, mange et boit un jugement contre lui-même.

KJV

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    charist is good, and yet he that receives it "unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself" ( 1 Cor. 11:29 ). Accordingly in answer to the question in point it must be stated that an oath is in itself lawful and commendable. This is proved from its origin and from its end.…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    y His grace." Therefore mortal sins are forgiven by this sacrament. On the contrary, It is written ( 1 Cor. 11:29 ): "He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself": and a gloss of the same passage makes the following commentary: "He eats and dri…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    distinguish a twofold eating, namely, sacramental and spiritual. On the contrary, The gloss says on 1 Cor. 11:29 : "He that eateth and drinketh unworthily," etc.: "We hold that there are two ways of eating, the one sacramental, and the other spiritual." I answer that, There are t…

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