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All this is said by that great lord Albertus. (:His wisdom shows how far the poison poured into the Church eleven hundred years ago has spread.:) It is poison which has become life to the people, and the medicine used against poison itself is such a mortal venom that those who have been nurtured by poison consider injustice as a healthy state; they call that which has grown out of poison, life. If Albertus is right, then Christ and all the apostles were wrong. (:But Christ and his disciples went about preaching salvation through long-suffering and patience and humility.:) The teaching of Albertus Magnus is contrary to the teaching of the apostles. He is now considered a great doctor in the field of Christian knowledge. Many a priest regards himself rich in wisdom when he preaches his reasonings to the peasants. He does not know what a poverty there is in his books! and how far they are from the apostles!

And as to the humble and suffering apostolic Christians – behold! he calls them frogs crawling out of an abyss, arrogantly croaking against the justice of God! The justice of God he makes out to be injustice, and falseness, and evil. 227*