Confession and Self-Examination: Thomas a Kempis on Not Judging Others
Teaching on Confession and Self-Examination from Thomas a Kempis: Thomas a Kempis on Not Judging Others
This is a spiritual discipline on judgment and compassion, drawing on Matthew 7:1-5, Romans 2:1 and Galatians 6:1-2.
Thomas a Kempis connected self-examination directly to charity toward others: "We should not therefore be too ready to judge the actions of others, for those things which seem very wicked in our eyes may, in God's sight, be better than we think. If you cannot make yourself what you wish to be, how can you expect to mold another to your liking?"…
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