re hate the sin in article may geneva rutgers edu wjhovi ulkyvx louisville edu bill hovingh lpts student writes scott prism gatech edu scott holt writes hate the sin but love the sinner my question is whether that statement is consistent with christianity i would think not i m very grateful for scott s reflections on this oft quoted phrase could someone please remind me of the scriptural source for it it s not scriptural but comes from the patristic age i think something about amare errantem interficere errorem which sounds more like love the errant slay the error no doubt someone else will know in particular who minted the phrase if i had to guess i d blame st augustine who seems to have had a gift for aphorism richard aquinas chonak norris mit edu sometimes it s necessary to act as if you believed
