From: norris@athena.mit.edu (Richard A Chonak) Subject: Re: hate the sin... Reply-To: norris@mit.edu Organization: l'organisation, c'est moi Lines: 17 In article , wjhovi01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Bill Hovingh, LPTS Student) writes: |> scott@prism.gatech.edu (Scott Holt) writes: |> > "Hate the sin but love the sinner" [...] My question is whether that |> > statement is consistent with Christianity. I would think not. |> |> I'm very grateful for scott's reflections on this oft-quoted phrase. Could |> someone please remind me of the Scriptural source for it? It's not scriptural, but comes from the patristic age, I think: something about "amare errantem, interficere errorem", which sounds more like "love the errant, slay the error". No doubt someone else will know in particular who minted the phrase. If I had to guess, I'd blame :-) St Augustine, who seems to have had a gift for aphorism. -- Richard Aquinas Chonak, norris@mit.edu Sometimes, it's necessary to _act_ as if you believed.