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The Prescription Against Heretics
Chapter XLIII.--Loose Company Preferred by Heretics. Ungodliness the Effect of Their Teaching the Very Opposite of Catholic Truth, Which Promotes the Fear of God, Both in Religious Ordinances and Practical Life.
It has also been a subject of remark, how extremely frequent is the intercourse which heretics hold with magicians, with mountebanks, with astrologers, with philosophers; and the reason is, 1 that they are men who devote themselves to curious questions. "Seek, and ye shall find," is everywhere in their minds. Thus, from the very nature of their conduct, may be estimated the quality of their faith. In their discipline we have an index of their doctrine. They say that God is not to be feared; therefore all things are in their view free and unchecked. Where, however is God not feared, except where He is not? Where God is not, there truth also is not. Where there is no truth, then, naturally enough, there is also such a discipline as theirs. But where God is, there exists "the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom." 2 Where the fear of God is, there is seriousness, an honourable and yet thoughtful 3 diligence, as well as an anxious carefulness and a well-considered admission (to the sacred ministry) 4 and a safely-guarded 5 communion, and promotion after good service, and a scrupulous submission (to authority), and a devout attendance, 6 and a modest gait, and a united church, and God in all things.
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Scilicet. ↩
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Ps. cxi. 10; Prov. i. 7. ↩
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Attonita, as if in fear that it might go wrong (Rigalt.). ↩
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In contrast to the opposite fault of the heresies exposed above. ↩
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Deliberata, where the character was well weighed previous to admission to the eucharist. ↩
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Apparitio, the duty and office of an apparitor, or attendant on men of higher rank, whether in church or state. ↩
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De Praescriptione Haereticorum
XLIII.
[1] Notata sunt etiam commercia haereticorum cum magis quam plurimis, cum circulatoribus, cum astrologis, cum philosophis, curiositati scilicet deditis. [2] Quaerite et inuenietis ubique meminerunt. Adeo et de genere conuersationis qualitas fidei aestimari potest: doctrinae index disciplina est. [3] Negant Deum timendum: itaque libera sunt illis omnia et soluta. [4] Vbi autem Deus non timetur nisi ubi non est? ubi Deus non est, nec ueritas ulla est; ubi ueritas nulla est, merito et talis disciplina est. [5] At ubi Deus, ibi metus in Deum qui est initium sapientiae. Vbi metus in Deum, ibi grauitas honesta et diligentia attonita et cura sollicita et adlectio explorata et communicatio deliberata et promotio emerita et subiectio religiosa et apparitio deuota et processio modesta, et ecclesia unita et Dei omnia.