Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inculpable manner; without blame; innocently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Blamelessly.
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- adverb In an
inculpable way;blamelessly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Therefore though God in ways known to Himself can lead those inculpably ignorant of the Gospel to find that faith without which it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11: 6), yet a necessity lies upon the Church (1 Corinthians 9: 16), and at the same time a sacred right, to preach the Gospel.
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“God, in ways known to himself, can lead those inculpably ignorant of the gospel to that faith without which it is impossible to please him.”
Who can be saved? Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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“God, in ways known to himself, can lead those inculpably ignorant of the gospel to that faith without which it is impossible to please him.”
Archive 2008-01-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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Yet given that we're talking about infinite Mercy, which is not supposed to be "worth it" in terms of what can be measured, it cannot be said that God limits mercy to the inculpably or invincibly ignorant.
Archive 2007-09-01 Mike L 2007
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So, why speak as today's reading does, as though mercy is extended to people, such Jesus' killers or the pre-conversion Paul, precisely because they're inculpably ignorant?
Archive 2007-09-01 Mike L 2007
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The inculpably ignorant cannot be convicted as a matter of justice; they "know not what they do" and cannot be held to account for not knowing; so, what "mercy" is there in letting them off?
On being the foremost of sinners Mike L 2007
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So, why speak as today's reading does, as though mercy is extended to people, such Jesus' killers or the pre-conversion Paul, precisely because they're inculpably ignorant?
On being the foremost of sinners Mike L 2007
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Yet given that we're talking about infinite Mercy, which is not supposed to be "worth it" in terms of what can be measured, it cannot be said that God limits mercy to the inculpably or invincibly ignorant.
On being the foremost of sinners Mike L 2007
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The inculpably ignorant cannot be convicted as a matter of justice; they "know not what they do" and cannot be held to account for not knowing; so, what "mercy" is there in letting them off?
Archive 2007-09-01 Mike L 2007
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(De incarnat., disp. 5, lect. 3) admits the possibility of philosophical sin in those who are inculpably ignorant of God, but he holds that it does not actually occur, because in the present order of God's providence there cannot be invincible ignorance of God and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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