Yeah how are you supposed to convert him then?
Jesus himself ate in the houses of publicans and prostitutes.
Such people were also heretics and not exactly holy.
Or are you implying christians should only talk to those who are a blank slate?
Then who on earth is a blank slate?
Or are you saying it should be an echo chamber?
Then who will fill the echo chamber when the beginning few are gone.
Answer me that.
( and as pertains to my own situation, I was boycotted even though my doctrine was Catholic at the time. Just to be clear)
As pointed out by Nadir, the passage is speaking of those who willfuly reject Christ and his teachings.
In a broad sense, if an apostate or any person professing a different religion enters a chapel (the santuary, "Holy of Holies", House of God) you can't give him Communion because he is not Catholic and that would be sacrilege.
There are some messed up churches that still do this anyways...
Topic: Stay away for heretics. (Read 1256 times)