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"What is new under the sun? Does not St. Augustine say regarding our
holy faith, 'What is called in our days Christianity, already existed
since the creation of mankind to the birth of Christ. It was then
that they began to call Christianity the true religion, which had
already existed before. The truths taught by Christ are the same as
the ancient ones, only more developed'?"
"Heretic, beware! You do not know what is taking place in the
world."
"Let me hear."
"Pilgrims from many lands have been here, and tell of prodigies,
visions, and wonders. In the south of France there are pestilence
and famine, and human flesh has been sold in the butchers' shops; in
Germany a fiery iron rod has been seen in the sky, and here in Italy
these endless pilgrimages have recommenced. In Jerusalem the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre has been plundered, and the temple of the
False Prophet erected. The whole of Christendom is trembling, for in
the immoral Popes of the last century they have seen the Antichrist.
Christ's ambassador is murdered; yes, my friend Adalbert was the
last up there in Poland: the heathen have reconquered all Christ's
conquests in Asia and Africa. The followers of the False Prophet
are in Spain, Sicily, and Naples, and threaten Rome. This can mean
nothing less than the Last Judgment and destruction of the world,
as announced in the Apocalypse.
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