This Quote Archive collects pertinent quotes from the Church Father, St. Isidore of Seville.
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This Quote Archive is being continuously updated as research continues.
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St. Isidore of Seville, Sententiae (c. 612)
- Development of Doctrine | Book 1, Ch. 16, §§5, 8
(Book 1, Ch. 16, §§5, 8)1
(§5) Because of the wickedness of heresy the Church has expanded the scope of its doctrines, for earlier it was flourishing only by a simple faith. Therefore because of the opportunity offered by the heretics, those learned in the faith have increased [cf. 1 Cor. 11:19], and through the acumen of the heresies, the teachers of the Church have grown in depth. For now the assertion of the truth is manifested more clearly whenever any dissension appears… 64 | 65
(§8) The reason for heresy is that this reality might come to be, that is, the strengthening of faith [cf. 1 Cor. 11:19]. The power of faith is shown, for example, through that which may be an obscurity of the divine Scriptures, in which the mistaken heretics understand something other than that which it really contains; the heresies are not able to survive, because by the very fact that they are heresies, they already are not. But thinking wrongly, they do not acquire the essence; they tend toward nothingness.
St. Isidore of Seville, Chronicon (c. 615-630s)
- Pagan Attempt to Rebuild the Jerusalem Temple Thwarted | Sixth Age of the World, §101
(Sixth Age of the World, §101)
Julian [the Apostate] ruled for two years. He went from being a cleric to being an emperor and a pagan. He was converted to the cult of the idols and instituted martyrdom for the Christians. He forbade Christians to teach or learn the liberal arts.
At that time he also, out of his hatred for Christ, permitted the Jews to repair the Temple of Jerusalem. Jews gathered from all the provinces and laid new foundations for the Temple. Suddenly at night an earthquake struck and the stones from the deepest parts of the foundation were shaken and scattered far and wide. In addition a fiery ball came out from the interior of the building of the Temple and prostrated many with its fire. Those remaining were frightened by this terror and involuntarily confessed Christ. And lest they thought it was over with this destruction, the sign of the cross appeared the following night on everyone’s clothing. Julian, proceeding against the Persians, died, having been hit with a javelin as the attack was being launched.
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