XLIV. De falsis daemonum miraculis.
XLIV. De falsis daemonum miraculis.
There is a certain kind of evil spirit that cannot deceive people except through some kind of manifestation; it appears as if it were heavenly, and just as it lies when it speaks of the truth, it also shows falsehoods to people, which they can grasp in their understanding, so that it can more easily deceive them by occasionally demonstrating what is true. Therefore, those who consent to these things are led astray; but those who pay attention and seek to understand what is being shown to them do not easily fall, but remain steadfast in the strength of truth, fleeing from them, as they gradually examine all their temptations.
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Quoddam autem genus malignorum spirituum est, quod homines decipere non potest, nisi per aliquam ostensionem; velut coeleste sit, et sicut illud mentitur, cum de veritate loquitur, sic et hominibus falsa ostendit, quae tamen homines in intellectu suo capere possunt, quatenus tanto facilius eos decipiat, cum ipsis vera interdum demonstrat.
Quapropter qui eis in hoc consentiunt, seducuntur; qui vero attendunt et perquirunt quid ipsis ostendatur, facile non cadunt, sed in fortitudine veritatis persistentes, illos de se fugant, cum quaequc tentamenta eorum paulatim examinant.
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