Original Douay–Rheims AnnotationsColossians 3
English College of Douai–Rheims
Read Colossians 3 in the BibleColossians 3:9
Doing on the new.
◦ By this and the whole discourse of this chapter containing an exhortation to good life, and to put on the habit of the new man with all virtues: we may see, our justice in Christ to be a very quality and form inherent in our soul, adorning the same, and not an imputation only of Christ's righteousness, or a hiding only of our sins and wickedness, which the Heretics falsely affirm to remain in us after baptism and always during life. See S. Augustine de pec. mer. & remis. li. 2. c. 7. & cont. Iulian. li. 6. c. 7.
- ◦ Justice an inherent quality in us.
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Colossians 3:5
Avarice, which is the service of idols.
◦ Here is a marvelous impudent and foolish corruption in the vulgar English Bible printed the year 1577 and (as it seemeth) most authorised. Where for their error against the Images of Christ and his Saints, and to make image and idol, all one: the translator, for that which the Apostle saith in Greek, Covetousness is idolatry, maketh him to say in English, Covetousness is worshipping of images: as also Eph. 5, 4. he translateth thus, The covetous person is a worshipper of images: for that which the Apostle saith, The covetous man is an idolater, meaning spiritual idolatry, because he maketh money his God. In which sense to call this spiritual idolatry, worshipping of images, is too ridiculous, and must needs proceed of blind heresy.