Fraternal correction
Fraternal correction is the admonishing of one's neighbor by a private individual with the purpose of reforming him or, if possible, preventing his sinful indulgence.
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Quotes
[edit]- We should welcome discipline, loved ones; no one should be irritated by it. It is good and supremely useful to rebuke one another, for this binds us to the will of God.
- First Epistle of Clement 56:2, as translated by B. D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers, Loeb Classical Library (2003)
- If thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.
