Church And Sin

Propter nomen tuum, Domine, propitiaberis peccato meo; copiosum est enim. Hoc bene ad personam refertur Ecclesiae, cujus congregationem ex diversis peccatoribus constat evenisse. Propter nomen tuum, Domine: quia Jesus dicendus erat, quod lingua nostra Salvator interpretatur. Nomen siquidem ipsum salutis intelligitur esse professio. Sequitur, copiosum est enim, id est cui non possis parcere propter se, sed propter tui nominis sanctitatem. Sed dum copiosum dicitur peccatum, abundantissimum esse monstratur: quoniam cursu temporis semper augetur; et nisi fuerit divina miseratione subventum, quantum vita protenditur, tantum humana fragilitate peccatur. Et memoria reconde quod Ecclesia dicit pro parte membrorum, copiosa sua esse peccata; ut qui se praedicant esse mundos, sicut Catharistae, intelligant se portionem cum sancta Ecclesia non habere. Cassiodorus, Expositio In Psalterium, Psalmus XXIV Source: Migne PG 70.179d-180a

On account of your name, O Lord, be merciful to my sin, because it is copious. 1 This refers to the person of the Church, whose congregation has been established from various sinners. 'On account of your name,' which should be said as Jesus, which in our tongue is interpretated as Saviour. The same name being understood as the profession of salvation. It then says: 'Because it is copious' that is, which you are not able to spare on its own account but on account on the holiness of your name. But when sin is called copious, it is shown to be most abundant, because it ever grows in the course of time, and unless Divine mercy shall come, the more that life is extended, so the more human weakness sins. And let memory lay up what the Church says about a part of its members, that its sin is copious, that those who proclaim themselves to be pure, like the 'Catharistae', 2 understand that they have no portion with the Holy Church. Cassiodorus, Commentary On The Psalms, Psalm 24 1 Ps 24.10 2 'The Pure', likely Novatians