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IronHammer
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Matt 18:17 is well known and quoted, esp. among Catholic apologists.
NIV version:
“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
But I think I may have misunderstood this verse completely until today. I was reading The Message version of this passage (at biblegateway.com) and I was struck with interpretation it gave.
Can anyone tell me what the official Roman Catholic interpretation is for this verse so that I can, like the Ethiopian, understand what I am reading?
Thank you!
NIV version:
“If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
But I think I may have misunderstood this verse completely until today. I was reading The Message version of this passage (at biblegateway.com) and I was struck with interpretation it gave.
Can anyone tell me what the official Roman Catholic interpretation is for this verse so that I can, like the Ethiopian, understand what I am reading?
Thank you!