George Leo Haydock

In the name and in the person of Christ, I ordered him to be excommunicated; in the same, I order him now to be re-admitted into your communion, and this for your sake. We ought to take care that the remedies we employ, do not give occasion to the triumphs of Satan, by throwing the patient into despair, on account of our too great severity. (St. Ambrose) — The Greek may be translated: that we may not fall into the power of Satan, on account of our too great severity. (Calmet)