Original Douay–Rheims Annotations1 Corinthians 8
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Read 1 Corinthians 8 in the Bible1 Corinthians 8:7
Some with a conscience.
The perfecter men's fault was, that they gave offence by their eating, to the weaker Christians. Who seeing them whom they reputed wise and learned, to eat the meats offered to Idols, conceived that there was some virtue and sanctification in those meats, from the Idol to which they were offered: and thought that such things were or might be eaten with the same conscience and devotion as before their conversion. ◦ Therefore the case standing thus, and the Apostle's discourse of eating or not eating meats being so as is declared (a thing so evident that it admitteth no other interpretation) if the Protestants apply any of this admonition against our fasts in the Cath. Church, they be too ridiculous.
- ◦ The Heretics ridiculously apply S. Paul's words against the Church's fasts and abstinence.
1 Corinthians 8:10
In the Idol's temple.
Like as now, some Catholics have said, they know that Calvin's communion is but as other bread and wine. But yet the ignorant seeing such go to the Communion, think that it is a good act of Religion. Yea whatsoever they pretend, it must needs seem an honour to Calvin's Communion ◦, when they are seen in the Idol's temple solemnly sitting or communicating at the abominable table.
- ◦ Going to the Communion, what a sin in Catholics.
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1 Corinthians 8:1
We all have knowledge.
[1] The spiritual and perfectly instructed Christians knew no meats now to be unclean, neither for signification, as in the Law of Moyses: nor always by nature and creation, as the Manichees thought: nor by any other pollution, as in that they were offered to Idols: and therefore they did eat boldly of such meats as were sacrificed, contemning and condemning their Idols as mere nothing, and the worship of them as the honour of things imaginary. [2] Which their fact, for their want of discretion and charity, and for the use of that their liberty to the offence and scandal of the weak, the Apostle doth here reprehend.