1 Timothy 4:1
Douay-Rheims
Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils,
Tertullian
The character of the times in which we live is such as to call forth from us even this admonition, that we ought not to be astonished at the heresies (which abound) neither ought their existence to surprise us, for it was foretold that they should come to pass; nor the fact that they subvert the faith of some, for their final cause is, by affording a trial to faith, to give it also the opportunity of being "approved.
Source details
A.D. 220 · on 1Tim 4:1 (The Prescription Against Heretics)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.