For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tout homme qui aura un défaut corporel ne pourra s'approcher: un homme aveugle, boiteux, ayant le nez camus ou un membre allongé;
KJV
For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
though deficient in body. On the contrary, The like were debarred from the ministry of the Old Law ( Lev. 21:18, seqq.). Much more therefore should they be debarred in the New Law. We shall speak of bigamy in the treatise on Matrimony ( Q[66]) . I answer that, As appears from wha…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)
lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si jugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, si ponderosus (Levit. XXI, 17-20) ; inter haec autem in nulla ad Deum intercedendi saltem pro me fiducia familiaritatis deceptus respiro. Desperas, inquis, video, quare inaniter laboras? Nec desp…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)
macula quod dixi sufficiat; utinam fuisset sola; subjectarum 277 vero non aliqua. Si caecus fuerit (Levit. XXI, 18) , quod me esse, considerato incessu videntium, negare non valeo. Si claudus, quod nequeo diffiteri, quando etiam illud quod video bonum, per infirmitatem mentis ne…
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