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 may bring  glory  to  God,  His  holiness  and  justice  being  made  manifest in  them.

Holiness of  the  Church.  When  we  say  that  God  suffers  evil  in His  Church,  we  do  not  mean  in  His  Teaching  Church,  but  in  that  part of it  which  is  called  'the  learning  Church'. The members  of  the  Church, instead of  following  her  teaching,  are  at  times  led  away  by  the  false maxims of  the  world. Therefore what  is  evil  in  the  members  of  the Church comes  from  the  devil  and  his  allies,  not  from  the  Church herself. The Church  sows  only  good  seed  by  her  teaching, her commandments and  her  means  of  grace;  therefore  she  is  holy,  and leads to  holiness  those  who  obey  her  voice.

The General  Judgment.  The  Son  of  Man,  Jesus  Christ,  will  come at the  end  of  the  world  to  judge  the  wicked  and  the  just. (Seventh article of  the  Creed.)

Hell is the  furnace  into  which  the  cockle  will  be  cast,  and  where there shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth.

Heaven. The  just  will  come  to  the  kingdom  of  their  Father,  i.  e.  to heaven,  and  will  be  glorified  in  body  and  soul,  shining  like  the  sun.

Another parable  He  proposed  unto  them,  saying:  “The  kingdom of heaven  is  like  to  a grain  of  mustard-seed, which  a man  took and sowed  in  his  field. Which is  the  least,  indeed,  of  all  seeds; but, when  it  is  grown  up,  it  is  greater  than  all  herbs,  and  becometh  a tree,  so  that  the  birds  of  the  air  come  and  dwell  in  the branches thereof.”

Another parable  He  spoke  to  them: “The  kingdom  of  heaven is like  to  leaven which  a woman  took  and  hid  in  three  measures of meal,  until  the  whole  was  leavened.”

“The kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  to  a treasure  hidden  in  the field, which  a man  having  found,  hideth,  and,  for  joy  thereof,  goeth, and  selleth  all  that  he  hath  and  buyeth  that  field.”