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Apostolic Constitutions, on 1Pet 2:23
Apostolic Constitutions · c. A.D. 380
1Pet 2:23 · Douay-Rheims
“Who, when he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not: but delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly.”
On this verse:
“We command that a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon who strikes the faithful that offend, or the unbelievers who do wickedly, and thinks to terrify them by such means, be deprived, for our Lord has nowhere taught us such things. On the contrary, "when Himself was stricken, He did not strike again; when He was reviled, He reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not."”
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