Catholic writing of 1 Corinthians 14:23-24
"If therefore the whole Church come together into one place ... and there come in one that
believeth not, or an unlearned person, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Proverbs 18:5 >
"It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Proverbs 17:15 >
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. "
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Ezechiel 3:18 >
"If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Ezechiel 3:19 >
"But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Ezechiel 3:20 >
"Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning: he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy hand."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Ezechiel 3:21 >
"But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul."
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Catholic writing of 2 Thessalonians 2:11 >
"All may be judged who have not believed the truth."
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Pope Saint Felix III, 483-492 A.D. >
"Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect
to confound evil men, when we can do it, is no less a sin than to encourage them."
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Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Ecclesiasticus 11:7 >
"Before you inquire, blame no man; and when you have inquired, reprove justly."
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Saint Vincent de Paul, died 1660 A.D. >
"True Christian prudence makes us judge things as Jesus Christ judged them, and to speak and act as He did." Reference 1
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Pope Pius IX, 1846-1878 A.D. >
"Our Lord has clearly commanded us to regard as heathens those who will not hear the Church." Reference 2
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Catholic writing of St. John 3:18 >
"He who does not believe is already judged."
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Pope Alexander VII, 1655-1667 A.D. >
"It is hereby condemned as error that, although it is clearly established that a man is a heretic, you are not bound to denounce him,
should you be unable to prove it." Reference 3
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Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, died 202 A.D. >
"Judge those who forge schisms and who look to their own advantage rather than to the unity of the Church. Judge as well those who are outside
the bounds of truth, namely: those who are outside the Church." Reference 4
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Pope Pius VI, 1775-1799 A.D., Inscrutabile, Paragraph 8, 25 Dec 1775 >
"Forcefully and carefully banish poisonous books from the eyes of your flock, and at once courageously set apart those who have been infected, to prevent them harming the rest. The holy Pope Leo used to say, 'We can rule those entrusted to us only by pursuing with zeal for the Lord's faith those who destroy and those who are destroyed and by cutting them off from sound minds with the utmost severity to prevent the plague spreading'."
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Catholic writing of Saint Luke 12:57 >
"Judge just judgment. Do you not judge that which is just even of yourselves?"
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Catholic writing of 1 Corinthians 6:3,2 >
"Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this world."
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Catholic writing of 1 Saint John 5:19 >
"We know that we are the children of God, and that all the rest of the world around us is under Satan's power and control."
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Catholic writing of Saint Matthew 7:16 >
"By their fruits you will know them."
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St. John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church, died 407 A.D. >
" 'Judge not, and ye shall not be judged' (Saint Luke 6:37). What does this mean? Are we not to denounce those who sin?
Why, then, does Paul say: 'Reprove, entreat, rebuke' (2 Saint Timothy 4:2), and 'Reprove before everyone those who sin' (1 Saint Timothy 5:20)?
Christ also said to Peter: 'Rebuke him, and if he will not obey, tell the Church' (Saint Matthew 18:15-17).
Why, then, did He give His Apostles the power of the keys? For, if they are not to judge, they are without authority, and in vain have
they received the power of binding and loosing. Besides, if this were the case, everything in the churches and cities and homes would come to an end.
And, unless we correct our enemies, we shall never put an end to enmity, and everything would be turned upside down.
Therefore, let us take care to study the meaning of what is said here, so that no one may think that the remedies of our salvation
are laws of disorder and confusion. For, Our Lord has made as clear as possible to those who have understanding the perfection of this law,
saying: 'First cast the beam out of thine own eye'(Saint Luke 6:42). You see, He does not forbid us to judge, but commands us first to remove the
beam from our own eyes, and only then correct the faults of others." Reference 5
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References for this section:
1. Vincent: MHC p.402
2. Pius IX: "Quartus Supra," PTC:395
3. Alexander VII: "Condemnation of Errors," no.5, DNZ: 1105
4. Irenaeus: "Against Heresies," Bk.IV, ch.33:7, JUR vol.I:241
5. John: "On Matthew," homily XXIV, PG 57; SS vol.III
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