If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Si donc, dans une assemblée de l'Eglise entière, tous parlent en langues, et qu'il survienne des hommes du peuple ou des non-croyants, ne diront-ils pas que vous êtes fous?
KJV
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
es seems to have been given; since perchance they might think those who speak in tongues to be mad ( 1 Cor. 14:23 ), for instance the Jews deemed the apostles drunk when the latter spoke in various tongues ( Acts 2:13 ): whereas by prophecies the unbeliever is convinced, because…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
: Si omnes prophetent, intret autem quis [Col. 1302A] infidelis vel idiota, convincitur ab omnibus (I Cor. XIV, 23) , occulta etiam cordis ejus manifesta fiunt, et ita cadens in terram adorabit Deum, pronuntians quod vere Deus est in vobis. Qui autem essent isti prophetae, ipse…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
um, et omnes linguis loquantur, intrent autem idiotae aut infideles, nonne dicent quod insanitis? (I Cor. XIV, 23.) Idem supra: Caeterum, si benedixeris spiritu, quis supplet locum idiotae? quomodo dicet amen super tuam benedictionem? quoniam quid dicas nescit. Nam tu quidem be…
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