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2 Corinthians 10:8

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637

Of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification. The Council of Trent (sess. xxv. c3) lays down from these words that the sword of excommunication should be soberly and cautiously drawn for edification; otherwise we see that it is rather despised than dreaded, and produces ruin rather than salvation, not only to the excommunicated, but also to the whole Church.

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