Theological Theses · §2678 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Christ in Revelation blesses those who keep the commandments

Thesis VIII. The same point is made when Christ in the Book of Revelation calls blessed, in the end, those who keep God's commandments, and declares that all who give themselves to vice and who love and practise falsehood are to be shut out of God's city.

'Blessed', he says, 'are those who keep his commandments, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the impure, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practises falsehood' (Rev. 22).

Latin

VIII. Eodem etiam spectat quod Christus in Apocalypsi beatos demum pronunciat illos qui mandata Dei custodiunt. Omnes autem eos qui vitiis indulgent, quique amant & faciunt mendacium, a civitate Dei excludendos declarat. Beati, inquit, qui custodiunt mandata illius, ut sit potestas eorum in ligno vitae, & per portas intrent in civitatem. Foris autem canes, & venefici, & impudici, & homicidae, & idolis servientes, & omnis qui amat & facit mendacium, Apoc. 22.

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