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on the part of God, or even without it having been foretold
that such would happen.
852. Unjust persecutors of those whom God visibly protects. If they reproach
you with your excesses, "they speak as the heretics." If they say that the
grace of Jesus Christ distinguishes us, "they are heretics." If they do
miracles, "it is the mark of their heresy."
Ezekiel. They say: These are the people of God who speak thus.
It is said, "Believe in the Church"; but it is not said, "Believe in
miracles"; because the last is natural, and not the first. The one had need
of a precept, not the other. Hezekiah.
The synagogue was only a type, and thus it did not perish; and it was only a
type, and so it is decayed. It was a type which contained the truth, and
thus it has lasted until it no longer contained the truth.
My reverend father, all this happened in types. Other religions perish; this
one perishes not.
Miracles are more important than you think. They have served for the
foundation, and will serve for t
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