"Barney" <email@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> what happened in the time of
> Arius. (Miracles under Diocletian and under Arius.)
>
> 833. Miracle.--The people concluded this of themselves; but if the
reason
> of
> it must be given to you...
>
> It is unfortunate to be in exception to the rule. The same must be
strict,
> and opposed to exception. But yet, as it is certain that there are
> exceptions to a rule, our judgment must though strict, be just.
>
> 834. John 6:26: Non quia vidisti signum, sed quia saturati estis.188
>
> Those who follow Jesus Christ because of His miracles honour His power
in
> all the miracles which it produces. But those who, making profession to
> follow Him because of His miracles, follow Him in fact only because He
> comforts them and satisfies them with worldly blessings, discredit His
> miracles, when they are opposed to their own comforts.
>
> John 9: Non est hic homo a Deo, quia sabbatum non custodit. Alii:
Quomodo
> potest homo peccator haec signa facere?189
>
> Which is the most clear?
>
> This house is not of God; for they do not there believe that the five
> propositions are in Jansenius. Others: This house is of God; for in it
> there
> are wrought strange miracles.
>
> Which is the most clear?
>
> Tu quid dicis? Dico quia propheta est. Nisi esset hic a Deo, non poterat
> facere quidquam.[190]
>
> 835. In the Old Testament, when they will turn you from God. In the New,
> when they will turn you from Jesus Christ. These are the occasions for
> excluding particular miracles from belief. No others need be excluded.
>
> Does it, therefore, follow that they would have the right to exclude all
> the
> prophets who came to them? No; they would have sinned in not excluding
> those
> who denied God, and would have sinned in excluding those who did not
deny
> God.
>
> So soon, then, as we see a miracle, we must either assent to it or have
> striking proofs to the contrary. We must see if it denies a God, or
Jesus
> Christ, or the Church.
>
> 836. There is a great difference between not being for Jesus Christ and
> saying so, and not being for Jesus Christ and preten
>
>
What the hell ??????
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