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But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et si quelqu'un l'ignore, qu'il l'ignore.

KJV

But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    h. ii, 24). But sometimes that which is done through ignorance does not deserve pardon, according to 1 Cor. 14:38 : "If any man know not, he shall not be known." Therefore ignorance does not cause involuntariness. Objection 2: Further, every sin implies ignorance; according to Pr…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    n the contrary, Nothing but sin deserves punishment. But ignorance deserves punishment, according to 1 Cor. 14:38 : "If any man know not, he shall not be known." Therefore ignorance is a sin. I answer that, Ignorance differs from nescience, in that nescience denotes mere absence…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 99 (Migne)

    ctionis de ignorantibus Deum per exprobrationem intonans ait: Qui ignorat [Col. 0290A] ignorabitur (I Cor. XIV, 38) . Inenarrabilis quippe est, quoniam quantus aut quid sit Deus inveniri non potest, et non solum humana, sed neque c subtilis et incorporea angelica natura, summam…

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