To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
qu'un tel homme soit livré à Satan pour la destruction de la chair, afin que l'esprit soit sauvé au jour du Seigneur Jésus.
KJV
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
andum), "to be excommunicated is not to be uprooted." A man is excommunicated, as the Apostle says ( 1 Cor. 5:5 ) that his "spirit may be saved in the day of Our Lord." Yet if heretics be altogether uprooted by death, this is not contrary to Our Lord's command, which is to be und…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
be no hope for him. Now by excommunication a man is given into the hands of Satan, as is clear from 1 Cor. 5:5. Since then we should never give up hope about anyone in this life, the Church should not excommunicate anyone. On the contrary, The Apostle ( 1 Cor. 5:5 ) ordered a man…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
bout anyone in this life, the Church should not excommunicate anyone. On the contrary, The Apostle ( 1 Cor. 5:5 ) ordered a man to be excommunicated. Further, it is written ( Mat. 18:17 ) about the man who refuses to hear the Church: "Let him be to thee as the heathen or publican…
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