Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Sin Unto Death ("to the death of life") in the Glossa Ordinaria for 1 John 5:16

  

To the death of life. Because that which is not corrected in this life, its pardon is hoped in vain after death: it can also be taken as referring to any criminal sin. Whatever differs from the measure of equity is numbered among sins, but the very little sins are not prejudicial to the just; but some sins are so opposed to all justice that if they are not corrected they plunge you into punishment. (The Glossa Ordinaria—Epistles of St. John 1-3: An English Translation [Consolamini Commentary Series: trans. Sarah Van Der Pas; West Monroe, La.: Consolamini Publications, 2015], 55)

 

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