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V ers. 4. — Prius vos ostendens fabricatores men- dacii, et cultores perversorum dogmatum. 34. Haeretici fabricatores mendacii. — Quibus vide- licet verbis aperte ostenditur quod amici ejus quasi ex haereticorum specie sancti viri judiciis adversan- tur. Liquet enim quia catholicorum figuram non te- neant qui cultores perversorum dogmatum vocantur. Qua in re hoc quoque oportet intendi quod menda- cii fabricatores dicuntur. Sicut enim aedificium lapi- dibus, ita mendacium sermonibus fabricatur. Ubi enim non dolosa locutio, sed sensus veritatis est, quasi munita moles non ex fabrica, sed ex natura consurgit. Sequitur:
Verse 4: 'Showing first that you are forgers of a lie, and worshippers of perverse teachings.' 34. Heretics are forgers of a lie. — By which words indeed it is plainly shown that his friends, as it were under the guise of heretics, oppose themselves to the judgements of the holy man. For it is clear that they hold not the figure of catholics who are called worshippers of perverse teachings. In which matter this too must be observed, that they are called forgers of a lie. For just as a building is fabricated of stones, so a lie is fabricated of words. For where there is not deceitful speech but the sense of truth, there, as it were, a fortified mass rises up not from fabrication but from nature. There follows:
第四節：「先要指明你們是謊言的鍛造者，是邪僻教義的敬奉者。」三十四、異端是謊言的鍛造者。——由這些話便清楚顯明，他的朋友彷彿以異端的形貌，抵擋這聖潔之人的判斷。因為那被稱為邪僻教義敬奉者的人，顯然不具大公信徒的樣式。在此事上也當留意，他們被稱為謊言的鍛造者。因為正如房屋由石頭建造，謊言也由言語鍛造。因為在沒有詭詐言語、只有真理之義的地方，那裡便彷彿有一座堅固的城堡，不是出於人工的鍛造，乃是出於本性而聳立。接著說：