Today's Scripture Reading

[Kaily]

Our Priest said today in his homily that the passage about the adulterus woman, when Jesus said, go and sin no more, has anyone else condemned you, well neither have I, he said this passage was surpressed for 800 years and that the early Church
didn’t forgive the sins of Adultery, murder and one other one, i forgot the other one he mentioned.

Is this true and if so where did he get this from.

God Bless and Thanks

 

[NotWorthy]

Our Priest said today in his homily that the passage about the adulterus woman, when Jesus said, go and sin no more, has anyone else condemned you, well neither have I, he said this passage was surpressed for 800 years and that the early Church
didn’t forgive the sins of Adultery, murder and one other one, i forgot the other one he mentioned.

Is this true and if so where did he get this from.

God Bless and Thanks

Scott Hahn notes in Scripture Matters that indeed this passage was removed from some bibles because they thought it condoned “live and let live”. They were missing the point of the entire story, if you asked me.

I don’t know about how the forgivenss regulations were set up, though or for how long.

 

[Fidelis]

Our Priest said today in his homily that the passage about the adulterus woman, when Jesus said, go and sin no more, has anyone else condemned you, well neither have I, he said this passage was surpressed for 800 years and that the early Church
didn’t forgive the sins of Adultery, murder and one other one, i forgot the other one he mentioned.

Is this true and if so where did he get this from.

God Bless and Thanks

From the Navarre Bible Commentary:

1-11. This passage is absent from many ancient codexes, but it was in the Vulgate when the Magisterium, at the Council of Trent, defined the canon of Sacred Scripture. Therefore, the Church regards it as canonical and inspired, and has used it and continues to use it in the liturgy. It is also included in the New Vulgate, in the same position as it occupied before.

St. Augustine said that the reason doubts were raised about the passage was that it showed Jesus to be so merciful that some rigorists thought it would lead to a relaxation of moral rules–and therefore many copyists suppressed it from their manuscripts (cf. “De Coniugiis Adulterinis”, 2, 6).

 

[Todd_Easton]

Our Priest said …that the early Church
didn’t forgive the sins of Adultery, murder and one other one, i forgot the other one he mentioned.
Is this true …

You might find the article on “The Sacrament of Penance” in the Catholic Encyclopedia helpful, especially the section entitled, “Belief and Practice of the Early Church.”