““The heretics were never dishonest men; they were mistaken men. They should not be thought of as men who were deliberately setting out to go wrong and to teach something that is wrong; they have been some of the most sincere men that the Church has ever known. What was the matter with them? Their trouble was this: they evolved a theory and they were rather pleased with it; then they went back with this theory to the Bible, and they seemed to find it everywhere.””
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![“[it is also incumbent] to hold in suspicion others who depart from the primitive succession, and assemble themselves together in any place whatsoever, [looking upon them] either as heretics of perverse minds, or as schismatics puffed up and self-pleasing, or again as hypocrites, acting thus for…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ba/the-church-fathers-1438_psychology_it-is-also-incumbent-to-hold-in-suspicio_2582339.jpg)
![“But observe that [Peter] never ceases to be a bold man; he does not become nervous and diffident. No, he does not change in that way. The essential personality remains; and yet he is 'poor in spirit' at the same time.” quote by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a20/david-martyn-lloyd-jones-29466_quote_but-observe-that-peter-never-ceases-to-b_720961.jpg)
