‹And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel› [them] ‹to come in, that my house may be filled.›
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et le maître dit au serviteur: Va dans les chemins et le long des haies, et ceux que tu trouveras, contrains-les d'entrer, afin que ma maison soit remplie.
KJV
‹And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel› [them] ‹to come in, that my house may be filled.›
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
. Therefore we should not even wish unbelievers to be put to death. On the contrary, It is written ( Lk. 14:23 ): "Go out into the highways and hedges; and compel them to come in." Now men enter into the house of God, i.e. into Holy Church, by faith. Therefore some ought to be co…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
puli gentiles, ut in Evangelio: «Exi in * vicos et sepes, et compelle intrare [Note: [Col. 1049] 16 Luc, XIV, 23.] ,» quod quando Judaei credere * noluerunt, gentiles [Col. 1050A] crebris miraculis ad fidem invitantibus ad fidem vocati sunt. Sepulcrum est secretum contemp…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
cogi ad justitiam, cum legas patremfamilias dixisse servis: Quoscunque inveneritis cogite intrare? (Luc. XIV, 23.) cum legas etiam ipsum primo Saulum, postea Paulum, ad cognoscendam et tenendam veritatem magna violentia Christi cogentis esse compulsum? [Col. 0845A] (Act. IX.) Et…
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