No
Sinner or Heretic. Apringius of Beja: It is true that no one
enters into that communion of the saints who either refuses to be cleansed of
former sin and from the guilt of their parents, or having become filthy after
purification refused to be cleansed by the washing of humility and the shedding
of tears. Indeed, Judas committed such an abomination, and so does a heretic
who worships God deceitfully. However, those are said to enter who are written
in the Lamb’s Book of Life, namely, those whom the heart of a true faith and a
firm hope embrace. Tractate on the Apocalypse 21:27.
The
Righteousness of God Allows No Sinfulness. Oecumenius: “But
nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination, but only
those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” For “what fellowship has
light with darkness” or the sinner with the righteousness of God, whom the Lord
instructs us in the Gospels are separated by a wide chasm? Commentary on the Apocalypse
21:26–22:5.
The
Church of the Future. Primasius: He is here describing the church
of the future when, unlike at the present time, the evil will not be mixed in
along with the good and allowed to live with them. For the good alone will
reign with Christ with whom and in whom they will live happily forever, namely,
in that heavenly Jerusalem that is the mother of all. Indeed, it says that they
are written in the book of the Lamb [to whom] he said, “Rejoice that your names
are written in heaven.” Commentary on the Apocalypse 21:27. (Revelation,
ed. William C. Weinrich; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture; Downers
Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2005], 386)
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