For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
car je suis le moindre des apôtres, je ne suis pas digne d'être appelé apôtre, parce que j'ai persécuté l'Eglise de Dieu.
KJV
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
:7 : "In his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, in the vale of tears." Wherefore Paul says ( 1 Cor. 15:9 ): "I . . . am not worthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the Church of God." Reply to Objection 3: These durations of time are fixed for penitents as reg…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 104 (Migne)
tem, et vitam consequatur beatitudinis sempiternae: hoc ipsum Paulo Apostolo confirmante, cum dicit (I Cor. XV, 9) : se non esse dignum vocari Apostolum, eo quod persecutus fuerit Ecclesiam Dei, et expugnaverit illam: in descensu enim fontis, originali peccato, ac pristinis vitii…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
usillos esse. Similiter et qui perfecti sunt ut Paulus apostolus, qui se minimum vocat apostolorum (I Cor. XV, 9) , scandala [Col. 0613D] recipere non possunt: quoniam pax multa diligentibus legem, et non est illis scandalum (Psal. CXVIII, 16) . Tamen juxta Ezechielem potest es…
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