Chapter 20 Title Fourteen

Title Fourteen 786-324 (857) 861- Understand, obscurity—it would be too obscure if the truth had no visible signs.It is a praiseworthy mark that it has always been preserved in one church and one visible [people].If there were only one sentiment in that church, it would be all too clear; yet to know what is true, we need only look at what has always been; for truth always has always been, and any False are not always there. 778-562 (858) 954- The history of the Church should properly be called the history of truth. 783—561 (859) 898— It is a pleasure to sit in a ship caught in a storm and be sure it will never sink.The religious persecutions which afflict the Church are of this nature.

782—822 (860) 944— They were persecuted after there were so many signs of piety, which is the best sign of piety. 784-857 (861) 917- The wonderful state of the church when it is only supported by God. 788-462 (862) 931- The Church has always been under attack from opposite wrongs, but perhaps never at the same time as now. But the more it is attacked by virtue of the multiplicity of errors, the more it thereby gains their mutually countervailing benefits. It is especially against both parties, but more especially against Calvinism because of the religious schism. It is true that many on both sides have been deceived, and their obsession must be broken.

Faith contains many truths that seem to contradict each other.When laughing, when crying, etc. Responde． Ne respondeas [answers him.Don't answer him. 〕,etc. Its source is the union of the two natures in Jesus Christ; and also the two worlds (creation of new heaven and new earth; new life, new death; everything is double, and the same name remains the same) ; and finally there are the two classes of the righteous (for they are the two worlds and are a part and shadow of Jesus Christ. Therefore all names apply to them: the righteous, the sinners; the dead, the living ; the living, the dead; the chosen, the abandoned; etc.).

There are thus a multitude of truths of faith and of virtue, which seem to be incompatible, yet are held together in an admirable order.The root of all heresies lies in the rejection of some of these truths; and the root of all the refutations that heretics make to us is in the ignorance of some of our truths.Usually, being unable to conceive of the relation of two opposite truths, and believing that the recognition of the one involves the exclusion of the other, they insist on the one to the exclusion of the other, and think that we are contrary to it. .Thus exclusion is what makes them heretics; disregard of our possession of another truth creates their opposition.

Example 1: Jesus Christ is both God and man.The Arians, unable to unite these two things, which they regarded as incompatible, called him a man; in this respect they were Catholics.Yet they deny that he is God; in this they are heretics.And they threaten us to deny his humanity: On this point, they are ignorant. Example 2: A question about the Eucharist.We believe that the substance of the bread was changed and transmuted into the substance of our Lord's body, in which Jesus Christ was indeed present.This is one of the truths.Another truth is that this Eucharist is also a symbol of the cross and of glory, a memorial to both.Such is the Catholic faith, and it contains these two seemingly opposite truths.

Today's heretics cannot conceive of a Eucharist that includes both the presence and the symbol of Jesus Christ together, the sacrifice and the memorial of the sacrifice, and so believe that we cannot recognize both truths. One without excluding the other for that reason. They insist only on this point, that this communion is symbolic; and on this point they are not heretics. They think it is we who reject this truth; and it follows that they have so many objections to us from the passages in which the Fathers speak of it.Finally, they deny the presence of Jesus Christ; and in this they are heretics.

Example 3: Exemption coupons. This is why the easiest way to prevent heresies is to teach them the whole truth, and the most effective way to refute them is to declare the whole truth to them.For what is there to say about heretics? In order to know whether a certain sentiment is the Father's,  …. 789-455 (863) 864- The more each of them pursues one truth, the more dangerous it is for all to err; and their mistake is not in following one error, but in refusing to follow another. 793-863 (864) 866- In the present age, truth is so obscure, and lies so entrenched, that unless we love it we cannot know it.

790-947 (865) 903- If there ever was a time when one had to admit two opposites, it was when we were accused of obliterating one of the two.The Jesuits and the Jansenists, therefore, were both wrong to conceal them; but the Jansenists more so, since the Jesuits had been better at admitting that there were both. 19—864 (866) There are two kinds of people who equate all kinds of things, such as festivals with weekdays, Christians with priests, and all the sins between them, etc.One kind of person concludes from this that whatever is bad to a priest is also bad to a Christian; while the other concludes that whatever is not bad to a Christian is permissible to a priest.

816-544 (867) 844- If the ancient church was wrong, the church would perish.But if it is wrong today, it will not be so; for it has always been the supreme maxim of that tradition from the hand of the ancient church: so this obedience and this conformity to the ancient church overwhelm and correct everything. .Yet the church of antiquity did not conceive of the church of the future, nor did it contemplate it any more than we conceive and contemplate the church of antiquity. 803—833 (868) 916— What prevents us from comparing what has been seen in the Church in the past with what is seen in it at present is that we usually regard St. Athanasius, St. Teresa, and others as crowned Glorious and... regarded as a god.

Now that time has cleared up these things, it seems so.At the time of his persecution, the great saint was only a man named Athanasius; and Saint Teresa was only a nun.St. [James] says, "Elijah was but a man like us, governed by the same passions as we are," thus breaking the precedent of the Christians who would make us reject the saints (as if it had nothing to do with our state. disproportionate) such a fallacious notion.we say: "They are saints, different from us." But what happened then?St. Athanasius was but a man called Athanasius, accused of many crimes, condemned by such and such a council for such and such crimes; agreed.What do people say to those who oppose this?Say they disturb the peace, say they create religious divisions, etc.

Sincere, bright.There are four kinds of people: those who have enthusiasm but no knowledge; those who have knowledge but no enthusiasm; those who have neither knowledge nor enthusiasm; those who have both enthusiasm and knowledge.The first three condemned him; the latter pardoned him, and were thus broken by the church, which they saved. 804-845 (869) 919- If St. Augustine came today and had no authority like his defenders, he would accomplish nothing.God sent him early and was authoritative, so he directed his church well. 818-853 (870) 216- God does not want to forgive without the church; just as the church has a share in sin, so He wants the church to have a share in forgiveness.He associated the Church with this power, as the king is to the Parliament; but if the Church pardons or condemns without God, it ceases to be a Church; as in Parliament, though the King has pardoned but if the Parliament approves it against the King, or refuses to do so by the King's order, it is no longer the King's Parliament but a rebel group. 809—848 (871) Church, Pope.One, many. —Considering the church as one, the Pope, as the head of the church, is the whole.See the church as many, and the pope is only a part of it.The godfathers saw it now one way, now another.So there are different opinions about the pope (St. Cyprien: Sacerdos Dei [God's priest]. St. Cyprien (St. Cyprien, 200-258) is the bishop of Carthage.).But in establishing one of these two truths, they do not exclude the other.The many that are not reduced to one become chaos; the one that does not depend on many becomes tyranny.There is probably no other country except France where it is permitted to say that the Synod is superior to the Pope. 810-847 (872) 810- The Pope is at the head.Who else does everyone know?Who else—for he holds the main branch that takes root everywhere—whose right is acknowledged to be rooted in all groups?How easy it is to degenerate into tyranny!That is why Jesus Christ gave them this commandment: Vos autem non sic [But you shall not do this].See Luke 22, LXIV-850 (873) 803 - Pope hates and fears those scholars who refuse to swear to him. 808-846 (874) 826- Never judge what a Pope is by some words of the Fathers—such great maxims as the Greeks spoke at a Synod; but by the conduct of the Church and the Fathers, and by the canons. Duo aut tres in unum [two or three in one. ] Chapter 10 of "Gospel of John", verse 30: "I and the Father are one"; Be one."One and many: it is wrong to exclude either of these, as the Popes did to the many, or the Huguenots to the one. 813-854 (875) 855-Is the pope not respected because he got his light from God and tradition?Was it not disrespecting him to separate him from this holy union? 807-852 (876) 823- God does not work miracles in the daily actions of his church.It would be a peculiar miracle if invariance were in the one; but in the many it seems so natural that the acts of God are hidden under nature, as in all his others. same in creation. 812-851 (877) 827-The king can dispose of his own kingdom, but the pope cannot dispose of his own kingdom. 821-175A (878) 843- Summum jus, summa injuria. [The greatest justice is the greatest injustice. ] Sharon's "On Wisdom" Chapter 27, Section 8 quotes Darens and Cicero. "Consistent correctness" (or "infallibility", ineaillibilite) refers to the traditional Catholic theory that the Pope, as God's agent in the world, is always correct in his words and deeds and cannot be wrong.Obedience to the majority is the best way, because it is obvious, and it has power to make people obey; but at the same time it is the least wise opinion. If men could, they would put might in the hands of justice: But since force, because of its sensible nature, refuses to submit itself to men's will, and justice, at the same time, is of a spiritual nature which one can place at will, justice is placed in the hands of force; That which is compelled to obey is called justice. From this arises the right of the sword, because the sword confers a real right on man.Otherwise, we would see violence on one side and justice on the other.See the end of the twelfth book of "Letter to the Provincials".Hence the injustice of the Fronde, who hold up their professed justice against might.The situation is different in the church, because it has only real justice and no violence. 811-115 (879) 829- Injustice - Judgment is not for the judge, but for the judged.It is dangerous to tell this to the people; but if the people have too much faith in you, it does them no harm and may serve you well. So it has to be published. Pasce oves meas, not tuas. [Feed my sheep, (not) yours] See John 21, verse 17. 806-793 (880) 836 - People like it's really reliable.People like popes to be infallible in their beliefs, and serious doctors to be infallible in morals, for their own certainty. 817-856 (881) 837- The teaching of the Church and the inspiration of God are both infallible.But the activities of the church are only used to prepare charism or punishment.What it does is enough to punish, not enough to inspire. LⅪ—818 (882) 821— Every time the Jesuits try to manipulate the Pope, they make the whole of Christianity swear. The Pope, because of his office and his confidence in the Jesuits, was very manipulative; and the Jesuits, because of their slander, were especially adept at manipulating. XLVII—796(883)808— Unfortunately, they compelled me to speak of the foundations of religion. 802(a)-797, 785(884) 806- A sinner who is purified without repentance, a righteous man who is justified without charity, all Christians without the grace of Jesus Christ, a God who is powerless against the will of man, no predestined miracles, no definite redemption. 801-933 (885) 842- Those who wanted to be priests were made priests, as they were under Jeroboam. It is a dreadful thing indeed that they suggest to us that the discipline of the church is so good that it is a sin to try to change it.Once it was all good, and we found that we could change it without sinning; but now it is as it is, and we cannot hope to change it!It is true that it was permitted to vary the practice, which, without great prudence, made it impossible to make priests, so that there were almost none worthy priests at all; practice. 800—809 (886) 835— Heresy - Ezekiel.All heathens have spoken ill of Israel, and so has the prophet; but the Israelites are far from having the right to say to him, "You speak like the heathen," and thus, in that the heathen speaks like him, He formed his greatest strength. 802(b)-828(887)839- The Jansenists seem heretics in their moral reforms; but you seem heretics in your wickedness. 802(c,d)-842(888)834- If you don't know it's all coming, you ignore the prophecies: kings, prophets, popes, even priests; yet the Church will always exist.By the grace of God, we are not there yet.Woe to these priests!But we hope that God will be merciful to us so that we do not. St. Peter, Chapter 2: False prophets of the past, shadows of the future. 802-838 (889) 828- ... Thus it is true that on the one hand there are lazy monks and corrupted casuists who are not members of the order, and there are corrupt casuists who fall into this corruption; but on the other hand there are always true priests of the Church, They are the true trustees of the divine teaching, and they have preserved it unchanged against the efforts of those who would destroy it. The pious, therefore, have no excuse for following the laziness offered them only by the strange hand of the casuist, instead of following that which was bestowed upon them by the fatherly hand of their own priest. sound doctrine. And heretics and heretics have no excuse for slandering the signs of God's lack of providence for his own church; for the church, of course, exists within the hierarchy, and we are far from being able to proceed from the present state of things. It should be concluded that God has given it up to corruption, but it should be concluded that God has never shown himself so visibly guarded against its corruption. For if any of these men, by a special calling, professed to retire from the world and dress as monks, in order to live in a more perfect state than the common Christian, went astray and To terrify common Christians, and to be among us what the false prophet was among Judea;It is indeed to be deplored, but we cannot draw from it any conclusion that would refute God's concern for his church; since all these things were so clearly foretold, and so long declared Temptation is to be found in such persons, so that when we understand it well, we shall see in it the marks of God's actions rather than of his forgetting about us. 816(a)-855(890) 819- Tertullian: Nunquam Ecclesia reformabitur. [The church can never be reformed]. ⅩLIX—839 (891) 840— Those heretics who quote the doctrine of the Jesuits must be made to realize that it is not the doctrine of the Church...the doctrine of the Church; and that our divisions do not take us out of the altar. Ⅺ, LXVII—780 (892) 852— If we disagree and condemn, then you are right.Agreement without disagreement is useless to others, and disagreement without agreement is destructive to us. —The former is harmful from without, the latter from within. 795-815 (893) 807- As long as we point out the truth, we can make people believe it; but we can't correct it by pointing out the injustice of the ministers.When we point out falsehoods, we can feel at ease; but when we point out unrighteousness, we cannot guarantee that our money will be full. 796-831 (894) 814- Lovers of the Church sigh at the sight of moral decay; but at least the law survives.Yet those men are breaking the law: the paradigm is broken by them. 794-813 (895) 824- Never before have men done evil with such vigor and joy as when they did it out of conscience. 799-849 (896) 845- In vain did the church create words like excommunication, heresy, etc.; people use them against the church. 797-788 (897) 813- The servant does not know what the master does, because the master tells the servant to do it and not the goal; and that is why he obeys slavishly and often violates the goal.But Jesus Christ gave us the goal.And you have destroyed that goal. 798—859 (898) 820— They cannot be eternal, so they seek universality; for this they corrupt the whole church in order to make themselves saints. 820—465 (899) 300— Against those who misquote passages from the Holy Book, and flatter themselves with the error of discovering a passage in it which seems to them to their advantage. —The chapter on Vespers, the Sabbath of Good Friday, Prayer for the King. Explanation of such sayings: "Whoever disagrees with me is against me." And others: "Whoever is not against you is with you." If someone says, "I neither approve nor disagree"; we You should have answered him.... 550(b)-485(900)846- Whoever tries to give meaning to the Holy Book instead of deriving it from it is the enemy of the Holy Book. (Odd d.d. ch. ) [Augustine: "On Christian Doctrine"] shorthand. 550(a)-768(901) 831- "Humilibus dat gratiam"; an ideo non deedit humili-tatem? ["Gives grace to the humble"; hath he not given them humility? ] "James" chapter 4, verse 6: "grace to the humble". "Sui eum non receperunt;quotquot autem non receperunt" an non erant sui? ["His own people did not receive him, but those who did not receive him", aren't they their own people? ] "John" chapter 1 verses 11-12: "He came to his own place, and his own people did not receive him. Anyone who received him believed in his name, and he gave them the right to become children of God ". 551-777, 778 (902) 850- Feyanists say: "This has to be uncertain; for controversy marks uncertainty (St. The Jesuits did not make truth uncertain, yet they made their impiety certain. Contradictions are always there to blind the wicked; for everything that stifles truth and love is bad, and this is the true principle. 815-865 (903) 844- All the religions and sects of the world are guided by innate reason.Christians alone are bound to draw their own laws from without themselves and acquaint themselves with the laws that Jesus Christ bequeathed to the ancients, in order to transmit them to the faithful. This bondage weary of these good godfathers.They, like other peoples, wanted the freedom to follow their own imagination.In vain do we appeal to them, as the prophets said to the Jews in the old days: "Go ye to the churches; acquaint yourself with the laws which the ancients have left for it, and follow these paths." They answered as the Jews did. road: "Let's not go there; we'll follow our hearts"; and they say to us, "We'll be like other peoples." XXII—801 (904) 804— They make the exception the rule. Did the ancients exonerate sins before confessing?Such a thing should be done in a spirit of exception.Yet you have made this exception into a law without exceptions, so that you no longer even demand that there should be exceptions to this law. 819-836 (905) 573- On Confession and Exoneration Without the Mark of Remorse—God only looks at the heart; the Church judges only by the outward appearance.As long as God sees the inner repentance, he will forgive sin; the church needs to see the act of repentance.God will make a church pure inwardly, which will put to shame the impiety of the haughty wise men and Pharisees with their inner, purely spiritual holiness; Morality will be so pure that the morality of the heathen can be put to shame.If there were hypocrites among them, and they were so well disguised that the church did not recognize their malice, the church would bear with them; for though they would not be accepted by God, whom they cannot deceive, yet they could be for them. The deceived people accept.So the church is not insulted by their seemingly holy actions.Yet you require the church to judge neither the heart (for that belongs only to God) nor the exterior (for God is only in the heart); therefore you abolish all the Church's choice of man, and reserve it only for the Church. and those who insult it so violently that even the Jewish houses of worship and philosophers of all sects exile them as worthless, and detest them as impious Their. 720—705 (906) 822— The conditions of life that are most comfortable in the eyes of the world are the hardest in the eyes of God; whereas nothing is so difficult in the eyes of the world as a religious life; and nothing is so difficult in the eyes of God. Life just got easier.In the sight of the world there is nothing more easy than high office and great wealth; but in the sight of God there is nothing more difficult than to live that life (and not enjoy it or love it). ⅩⅧ—832 (907) 841— The casuist entrusts decision to a rotten intellect, and the choice of decision to a rotten will, in order to bring into play all that is rotten in human nature. XXVI—843(908) 851—But is what probabilities guarantee probabilities? The difference between peace of mind and certainty of conscience.Apart from the truth, 815 has nothing to guarantee certainty; nothing can make people feel at ease except a sincere pursuit of the truth. 717-844 (909) 2- Their entire body of casuistry is incapable of reassuring a false conscience, and that is why it is important to choose a good guide. They are therefore doubly guilty: for following a path they should not have followed, and for listening to a teacher they should not have listened to. XXXI—786(910)1— What else is there but submission to a world that makes you see that everything is just as it is? Can you convince us that this is the truth; and, if there were no culture of dueling, would you, looking at the thing itself, find it probable that men might fight? XXXII—704 (911) 4— In order to prevent evil people from appearing, must we kill people?That is to replace one villain with two villains: Vince in bono malum [You must overcome evil with good. ] Chapter 12 of "Romans", verse 21: "You must not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (St. Augustine). 20—710 (912) 40— Universal—Morality and language are particular sciences, yet universal sciences. XXIV—784 (913) 380— Probability - everyone can quote, no one can cancel. XXIX—679 (914) 95— They allow desire to act and restrain scruples, when the opposite should be done. XX—183(915)3— Mundal--Bohemian views are so agreeable that it would be strange if theirs were not agreeable.This is because they are beyond all limitations.Moreover, there are many who have seen the truth, but have not been able to attain it.But few are ignorant of the fact that religious purity is the opposite of our corruption.It would be absurd to say that Escobarian morality also offers an eternal compensation. XXV—868 (916) 568— Probability—They have some principles of truth; but they abuse them.However, misuse of truth should be punished like quoting a lie. It is as if there were two hells, one for crimes against charity and the other for crimes against justice. XXVII-861 (917) 314- Probability—If the probable were certain, the zeal of the saints for truth would be in vain.The awe of the saints who always follow what is surest. (Saint Teresa always followed her confessor.) XXXIV—800 (918) 310— Take away probability, and we can no longer please the world; add probability, and we can no longer please him. XXXIII—869 (919) 155— Such is the result of the crimes of the peoples and of the Jesuits: the great man wants to be flattered; the Jesuit wants to be favored by the great man.They are both worthy of committing themselves to the spirit of lying, the one cheating and the other being deceived. They are greedy, ambitious, animalistic: Coacervabunt sibi magHistros [Add many masters to oneself. ] "Second Timothy" Chapter 4, Verse 3: "Add many teachers". .Like teachers, there must be disciples, and they look for flatterers and find flatterers. XXIX, LXVI—830 (920) 321 If they did not abandon probability, their good maxims would be as unholy as their bad maxims, for they are based on earthly authority; Not holier.What they hold is the branch of wildflower on which they themselves have been inoculated. If what I say does not help you to understand, it will help the people. If these people are still silent, then the stone will also speak. Silence is the greatest persecution, and the saints are never silent.It is true that there must be a calling, but it must not be understood in terms of the prohibition of the Synod, but only in terms of the necessity of speech.After Rome had spoken, we thought it had condemned the truth, and they had written it; but after books that held the contrary had been suppressed, the more unjustly we were suppressed, the more imperious they were The more we stifle speech, the more we must speak out until a Pope arrives who listens to both, and consults ancient times to prescribe justice.Thus the good Pope will find that the Church is still crying out. The Inquisition and the Jesuits, these are the two plagues of truth. Why don't you accuse them of Arianism?For they say that Jesus Christ is God; perhaps they mean not by nature so, but Dii estis as they say. [You are God. ] "Psalms" Verse 10 of Psalm 81: "I am the LORD your God".According to Brunschweig, the meaning of this passage is: If the heart is malicious, everything can be heresy, even the proposition that Jesus is God can be heresy. If my words are condemned in Rome, then what I condemn in them will be condemned in heaven: Ad tuum, Domine Jesu, tribunal appello. [Lord Jesus, I appeal to You to judge. ] Yourselves are perishable. I see myself condemned, lest I should be in the wrong, but the precedent of so many pious writers leads me to believe the contrary.It is no longer allowed to write well, the Inquisition is so corrupt and stupid! "It is better to obey God than man." I fear nothing, I hope nothing.Not so with the bishops.The Boroyals are scared; but disbanding them is a bad policy, because they won't be afraid anymore and will create more fear.I am not even afraid of your bans if they are not based on traditional bans.Are you going to ban everything?how?Even my homage?no.Tell me, then, what it is; otherwise you will accomplish nothing, if you cannot point out the evil and what it is.And that's what they can't do. Probability—they explain certainty very absurdly; for having affirmed the certainty of all their ways, they no longer refer to that which leads to heaven, and from which there is no danger of failing to reach it, but to That which leads to heaven without danger of departing from that path is called certain. Ⅲ—803 (921) 356— . . . The treachery of the saints is to find themselves sinners and to accuse themselves of their best deeds.And the treachery of these people is to forgive the most sinful deeds. There is a structure, outwardly equally good, but built upon a bad foundation, which was erected by pagan wise men; and by this superficial resemblance upon a very different foundation the devils deceive people. No one has ever had such a good reason as I have; and no one has ever offered such a good prize as yours...   The more they point out my weaknesses as a person, the more they authorize my reasons. You call me a heretic.Is this permissible?Even if you are not afraid of men to do justice, do you not fear God to do justice? You will feel the power of the truth, you will yield to it.... There is something supernatural in such a blindness. Dign ne-cessitas. [Merit is inevitable. ] Chapter 19, Section 4: "Their deeds are bound to come". Mentiris impudentissime... . [You are lying most brazenly. 〕Doctrina sua noscitur vir...  [Look at his words, know his people].Chapter 12, verses 6-8: "The words of the wicked lay in wait for the blood,...the man shall be praised according to his own wisdom". Hypocritical piety is a double sin. Am I alone against 30,000 people?Absolutely not.Cover, you court, you liar; but I have the truth; it is all my strength, and if I lose it, I fail.I am not short of accusations and persecutions.However, I have the truth, we can see who wins. I am not worthy to defend religion, but neither are you worthy to defend error and injustice.May God, in his mercy, see not all the evil in me but all the good in you, give us all grace, so that the truth will not yield in my hands, and the lie will not No……. XXX—792(922) 91— Perhaps—let us compare our favorites, and see if we are sincerely seeking God: Maybe this meat won't be poisonous to me; maybe I won't lose my case without appealing...   468-709 (923) 44- In Penance there is not mere forgiveness to absolve sin, but there is also remorse, but remorse can never be real without the pursuit of the sacraments. Ⅵ—811（924）123— 没有信用、没有信仰、不要荣誉、不要真理、心怀两端、言语不一的人们，你们之被人谴责就活像从前寓言中的那种两栖动物一样，他们认为自己是介于鱼和鸟之间的一种模棱两可的状态。 对于国王们、对于诸侯们来说，最重要的就是要博得虔诚的好奇；而为了这一点，他们才不得不向你们忏悔。