Lu 1, 18

20

Mt 13, 58

Mt 14,31

Pv 27,8

Ju 13

Ge 19, 17

Ge 19, 26

Ap 2,5

He 6, 4-6

make floodgates in Heaven, thou of little faith, why
can that possibly be which didst thou doubt?

of.

28

thou sayest? And he said: Put in thy finger hither, Jn 20, 27-
Thou shalt see it with thy and see My hands; and bring
eyes, but shalt not eat there- hither thy hand, and put it
into My side, and be not
Zachary said to the Angel: faithless but believing.-
Whereby shall I know this? Thomas answered, and said
for I am an old man, and to Him: My Lord and my
my wife is advanced in years. God!
-And the Angel answering,
said to him:-And behold,
thou shalt be dumb, and
shalt not be able to speak
until the day wherein these
things shall come to pass,
because thou hast not be-
lieved my words, which shall
be fulfilled in their time.

He wrought not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

Immediately Jesus stretching forth His hand took hold of him, and said to him: Ol

Examples of unbelief:
(1) The Gerasens.
2 The Disciples who J8, 67

disbelieved in the
Blessed Sacrament.

Lu 8,37

(3) The Chief Priests Mt 21, 15

and Scribes.

(4) The Pharisees.
(5) The Egyptians.
(6) Lot's Sons-in-law.
(7) Naaman, General of
the Syrian Army.
(8) The incredulous No-
bleman.

(9) The Capharnites.

As a bird that wandereth who were once illuminated,
from her nest, so is a man have tasted also the heavenly
that leaveth his place. gift, and were made par-
These are wandering stars, takers of the Holy Ghost,-
to whom the storm of dark- Have moreover tasted the
ness is reserved for ever. good Word of God, and the
Save thy life: look not power of the world to come,
back, neither stay thou in all - And are fallen away, to be
the country about: but save renewed again to penance,
thyself in the mountain, lest crucifying again to them-
thou be also consumed. selves the Son of God, and
His wife, looking behind making Him a mockery.
her, was turned into a statue
of salt.

Be mindful from whence
thou art fallen: and do pen-
ance, and do the first works.
Or else I come to thee, and
will move thy candlestick out
of its place, except thou do
penance.
It is impossible for those

Lu 7, 30

Ex 9, 21

Ge 19, 14

4 K5, 12

4K7,2

Mt 13, 58

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If we sin wilfully after He 10, 26having received the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,

But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment.

He forsook God Who made Dt 32, 15 him, and departed from God his Saviour.

The Lord was angry with 3 K11,9

Je 17, 13

2 P15,2

hath Mt 24,12

Solomon, because his mind forget thy children.
was turned away from the Because iniquity
Lord the God of Israel, Who abounded, the charity of
had appeared to him twice. many shall grow cold.

O Lord, the Hope of Israel, Take heed, brethren, lest He 3, 12
all that forsake Thee shall be perhaps there be in any of
confounded: they that depart you an evil heart of unbelief,
from Thee shall be written in to depart from the Living
the earth because they have God.
forsaken the Lord, the Vein
of Living Waters.

It had been better for them 2 Pt 2, 21 not to have known the way

If you forsake Him, He of justice, than after they
will forsake you..
have known it, to turn back

Je 2, 19-13 Thy own wickedness shall from that holy Command-
reprove thee, and thy apos-ment which was delivered to
tasy shall rebuke thee. Know them.

Je 15, 6

Os 4, 6

Tt 3, 10

Mt 7, 15

Jn 10, 8
Is 11,6

2 Pt 2, 17

thou, and see that it is an Take heed lest being led 2 Pt 3, 17
evil and a bitter thing for aside by the error of the un-
thee to have left the Lord wise, you fall from your

Examples of apostasy:
(1) Demas.
(2) Hymeneus and
exander.
(3) Phigellus and

thy God, and that My fear is own steadfastness.
not with thee, saith the Lord
the God of Hosts.-My peo-
ple have done two evils.
They have forsaken Me, the
Fountain of Living Waters,
and have digged to them-
selves cisterns,broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.

Thou hast forsaken Me,
saith the Lord, thou art
gone backward: and I will
stretch out My hand against
thee, and I will destroy thee:
I am weary of entreating
thee.

Thou hast forgotten the law of thy God: I also will

mogenes.
(4) Saul.
(5) Solomon.
(6) Amon.

2 Ti 4,9 Al- 1 Ti1, 20

Her- 2 Ti1, 15

Roboam, who "for-
sook the law of the
Lord."

(8) Joram.
(9) Ochozias.
(10) Jcas.
(11) Amasias.

1 K 15, 11

3K 11,4 4 K 21, 22 2P12, 1

2 P21, 6

2 P22,7

2 P24, 24

2 P25, 27

(12) Asa, King of Juda. 2P16,7

16. HERETICS TYPICALLY DESCRIBED.

A man that is a heretic
avoid.

(1) False prophets and
ravening wolves.

(2) Thieves and robbers.
(3) Wolf, leopard, lions,
bears, asps, basilisk.
without
water, clouds tossed
with whirlwinds.

(4) Fountains

(5) The dog returning 2 Pt 2, 22
to his vomit, the
sow wallowing in the
mire.

(6) Deceitful scoffers.
(7) False prophets and
lying teachers.

(8) Antichrists.
(9) Dogs and evil work-

ers.

2 Pt 3,3

2 Pt 2, 1

1 Jn 2, 18

Ph 3, 2

2 Ti 3,8

1 Jn 2, 19

1 Ti 4, 1

1 C11, 19

1J4,5

Ju 8

Ju 12

Ju 13

blind and Mt 15, 14

leaders of the blind.

17.-HERESIES GENERATED BY A VICIOUS LIFE,

AND JUSTLY PERMITTED BY GOD.

As Jannes and Mambres therefore of the world they
resisted Moses, so these also speak, and the world heareth
resist the Truth: men cor- them.
rupted in mind, reprobate The Priest and the Pro-
concerning the faith.
phet have been ignorant
They went out from us, through drunkenness, they
but they were not of us: for are swallowed up with wine,
if they had been of us, they they have gone astray in
would no doubt have remain- drunkenness, they have not
ed with us: but that they known Him that seeth, they
may be manifest that they have been ignorant of judg
are not all of us.
ment.

In the last times some shall depart from the faith.

Is 28,7

Because the pastors have Je 10, 21 done foolishly, and have not There must be also here- sought the Lord, therefore sies, that they also who are have they not understood, approved may be made mani- and all their flock is scatfest among you. tered.

They are of the world:

18.-IGNORANCE, pride, and oBSTINACY OF

HERETICS.

1Ti 6, 3-5 If any man teach other- Know also this, that in 2 Ti3, 1-5 wise, and consent not to the the last days shall come on sound words of our Lord dangerous times.-Men shall Jesus Christ, and to that be lovers of themselves, doctrine which is according covetous, haughty, proud, to godliness, He is proud, blasphemers, disobedient to knowing nothing, but sick parents, ungrateful, wicked, about questions and strifes -Without affection, without of words: from which arise peace, slanderers, incontinenvies, contentions, blasphe- ent, unmerciful, without mies, evil suspicions,-Con- kindness, - Traitors, stubflicts of men corrupted in born, puffed up, and lovers mind, and who are destitute of pleasures more than of of the truth, supposing gain God:-Having an appearance to be godliness. indeed of godliness, but

denying the power thereof. captive silly women loaded 2011, 13- Such false apostles are with sins, who are led away deceitful workmen, trans-with divers desires.

15

forming themselves into the Having their conscience 1 Ti 4, 2
Apostles of Christ.-And no seared.

wonder: for Satan himself Through covetousness 2 Pt 2, 3
transformeth himself into an shall they with feigned
angel of light.-Therefore it words make merchandise of
is no great thing if his min- you,-Whose judgment now
isters be transformed as the of a long time lingereth not,
ministers of justice: whose and their perdition slumber-
end shall be according to eth not.
their works.

:

the Lord

If God spared not the 2 Pt 2,4,9 Ro 16, 18 They that are such serve angels that sinned, but denot Christ our Lord, but livered them unto torments, their own belly and by [nevertheless] pleasing speeches, and good knoweth how to deliver the words, seduce the hearts of godly from temptation, but the innocent. to reserve the unjust unto Of this sort are they who the day of judgment, to be creep into houses, and lead tormented.

2 Ti 3, 6

ᎠᎿ 18, 20

19.-HERETICS TO BE SHUNNED AND PUNISHED,

The prophet who being and bring not this doctrine, corrupted with pride shall receive him not into the speak in My Name things house, nor say to him, God that I did not command him speed you. For he that to say, or in the name of saith unto him, God speed strange gods, shall be slain. you, communicateth with his Tt 3,10-11 A man that is a heretic wicked works.

Mt 7, 15

Ro 16, 17

2J 10, 11

after the first and second Beware of dogs, beware of Ph 3, 2
admonition, avoid :- Know-evil workers, beware of the
ing that he that is such a concision.

one is subverted, and sin- He that will be proud, Dt 17, 12
neth, being condemned by and refuse to obey the com-
his own judgment.
mandment of the priest,

Beware of false prophets, who ministereth at that
who come to you in the time to the Lord thy God,
clothing of sheep, but in- and the decree of the judge,
wardly they are ravening that man shall die, and thou
wolves.
shalt take away the evil

I beseech you, brethren, to from Israel.
mark them who cause dis- The prophet who being Dt 18, 20
sensions and offences con- corrupted with pride shall
trary to the doctrine which speak in My Name things
you have learned, and to that I did not command him
avoid them.
to say, or in the name of
If any man come to you, strange gods, shall be slain.

1Til, 18

20

2 Ti2, 16

18

1 J2, 18

31

20.-EXISTENCE OF HERETICS FROM APOSTOLIC
TIMES EVEN TO OUR OWN.

This precept I commend among the people, even as
to thee, O son Timothy: ac- there shall be among you ly-
cording to the prophecies ing teachers, who shall bring
going before on thee, that in sects of perdition, and
thou war in them a good deny the Lord Who bought
warfare,-Having faith and them, bringing upon them-
a good conscience, which selves swift destruction.
some rejecting have made Take heed that no man Mt 24, 4-5
shipwreck concerning the seduce you; for many will
faith:-Of whom is Hyme- come in My Name, saying:
neus and Alexander, whom I I am Christ, and they will
have delivered up to Satan, seduce many.
that they may learn not to Many seducers are gone 2 J1, 7-8
blaspheme.
out into the world, who con-
Shun profane and vain fess not that Jesus Christ is
babblings, for they grow come in the flesh; this is a
much towards ungodliness.- seducer and an Antichrist.-
And their speech spreadeth Look to yourselves that you
like a canker: of whom are lose not the things which you
Hymeneus and Philetus;- have wrought; but that you
Who have erred from the may receive a full reward.
truth, saying that the resur-
rection is past already, and
have subverted the faith of

some.

Little children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last hour.

Ac 20, 29- I know that after my departure ravening wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. And of your own selves shall arise

2 Pt 2,1

Apostasy in the latter days:

(1) Apostasy from the Lu 18, 8 Faith.

(2) Deceitful scoffers, 2 Pt 3, 3 walking after their

own lusts.

men speaking perverse ter days of Apostasy. Men

things, to draw away dis- shall be:
ciples after them. There-
fore watch, keeping in me-
mory that for three years I
ceased not with tears to ad-
monish every one of you
night and day.

There are false prophets

selves.
Covetous, haughty.
(3) Proud, blasphemous.
Disobedient to pa-

rents.

(5) Ungrateful, wicked.