229 (The Inferno)

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I who regarded myself as a prophet, and am
revealed as a braggart. Now the Eternal has
led this false prophet to speak empty words, and
the false prophet feels irresponsible since he has
only played the rôle assigned to him.

Here you have, my brothers, the picture of a
human destiny, one among so many, and now
confess that a man’s life may seem—a bad joke!

Who is the Prince of this world, who condemns
mortals to their wickedness, and rewards
virtue with the cross, the stake, sleeplessness,
and dreadful dreams? The Punisher of our
unknown sins committed somewhere else or
forgotten? And who are Swedenborg’s reforming
spirits, the guardian angels who protect us from
the evil ones?

What a Babel-like confusion!

St. Augustine pronounced it effrontery to
doubt the existence of demons. St. Thomas
Aquinas declared that demons produce storms
and thunderbolts, and can delegate their power
to human hands. Pope John xxii. complained of
the unlawful devices of his enemies, who pierced
portraits of him with needles. Luther believed
that all accidents, such as breaking bones, falls,
conflagrations, and most illnesses were traceable

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