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| Chapter XVII.—Beware of false doctrines.
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For this end did the Lord suffer the
ointment to be poured upon His head,602
that
He might breathe immortality into His Church. Be not ye anointed with the
bad odour of the doctrine of the prince of this world; let him not lead
you away captive from the life which is set before you. And why are we
not all prudent, since we have received the knowledge of God, which is
Jesus Christ? Why do we foolishly perish, not recognising the gift which
the Lord has of a truth sent to us?
For this end did the Lord suffer the
ointment to be poured upon His head,603
that
His Church might breathe forth immortality. For saith [the Scripture],
“Thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore have the virgins
loved Thee; they have drawn Thee; at the odour of Thine ointments we will
run after Thee.”604
Let no one be anointed
with the bad odour of the doctrine of [the prince of] this world; let not
the holy Church of God be led captive by his subtlety, as was the first
woman.605
| 605 Literally,
“before the ages.” | Why do we not, as gifted with
reason, act wisely? When we had received from Christ, and had grafted in
us the faculty of judging concerning God, why do we fall headlong into
ignorance? and why, through a careless neglect of acknowledging the gift
which we have received, do we foolishly perish?E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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