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Chapter XIX.—The
True Prophet.
“Now the Man who is the helper I call the true
Prophet; and He alone is able to enlighten the souls of men, so that
with our own eyes we may be able to see the way of eternal
salvation. But otherwise it is impossible, as you also know,
since you said a little while ago that every doctrine is set up and
pulled down, and the same is thought true or false, according to the
power of him who advocates it; so that doctrines do not appear as they
are, but take the appearance of being or not being truth or falsehood
from those who advocate them.914
| 914 [Comp.
Recognitions, i. 16, where the discourse is more fully
given.—R.] | On this
account the whole business of religion needed a true prophet, that he
might tell us things that are, as they are, and how we must believe
concerning all things. So that it is first necessary to test the
prophet by every prophetic sign, and having ascertained that he is
true, thereafter to believe him in every thing, and not to sit in
judgment upon his several sayings, but to receive them as certain,
being accepted indeed by seeming faith, yet by sure judgment. For
by our initial proof, and by strict inquiry on every side, all things
are received with right reason. Wherefore before all things it is
necessary to seek after the true Prophet, because without Him it is
impossible that any certainty can come to
men.”
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