'Those whom he has failed to keep in the blindness of
their old ways he beguiles, and leads them up a new road of illusion. He
snatches away people from within the Church herself, and while they
think that coming close to the light they have now done with the night
of the world, he plunges them unexpectedly into darkness of another
kind. They still call themselves Christians after abandoning the Gospel
of Christ and the observance of His law; though walking in darkness they
think they still enjoy the light. The Enemy cajoles and deceives them;
as the Apostle says, he transforms himself into an angel of light, and
primes his servants to act as servants of justice, to call the night
day, and damnation salvation, to teach recklessness under the pretext of
hope, disbelief under the colour of faith, Antichrist under the name of
Christ, so that by lies that have all the appearance of truth, the
undermine the truth with trickery. All this has come about, dearest
brethren, because men do not go back to the origin of realities, because
they do not look for their source, nor keep to the teaching of their
heavenly Master.
