Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Nous renversons les raisonnements et toute hauteur qui s'élève contre la connaissance de Dieu, et nous amenons toute pensée captive à l'obéissance de Christ.
KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Hence the Apostle says: "Bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ" ( 2 Cor. 10:5 ). Hence sacred doctrine makes use also of the authority of philosophers in those questions in which they were able to know the truth by natural reason, as Paul quotes…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
hing in the other sciences which is inconsistent with its truth, as wholly false. Thus it is said in II Cor. 10:5 : “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God.” On the third point: since wisdom judges, and since there are tw…
Thomas Aquinas
On Nature and Grace
f charity—“bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,” as the apostle says in II Cor. 10:5 . Sacred doctrine uses even the authority of philosophers in this way, wherever they have been able to know the truth through natural reason. In Acts 17:28 , for exam…
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