345# 既然上文已以概要列举属灵信仰所有之事,现亦当以概要列举纯属世信仰所有之事。此种信仰,就其本身而言,乃是冒称信仰的虚伪说服,是对伪谬的执信,故称为异端的信仰。其名类如下:
一、伪杂的信仰,其中伪谬与真理相混。
二、娼妓的信仰,出于被篡改的真理;奸淫的信仰,出于被败坏的良善。
三、封闭或盲目的信仰,即关乎奥秘之事的信仰;这些事虽被相信,却不知其为真为伪,亦不知其是在理性之上,还是与理性相悖。
四、迷误的信仰,即信有多神的信仰。
五、斜视的信仰,即信向真实上帝以外的别神;在基督徒中,则是信向救主上帝以外者。
六、伪善的信仰,或法利赛式的信仰,即在口而不在心的信仰。
七、幻象而倒置的信仰,即由于巧妙确认,使伪谬显现为真理的信仰。
345# 我刚才已经给出了属灵信仰类型的概要,所以也要给出纯属世信仰类型的概要;就本身而言,纯属世信仰是一种伪造的说服,是对虚假的信仰,被称为异端信仰。其命名如下:
(1)虚假的信仰,其中虚假和真理混杂在一起。
(2)华而不实的信仰或淫乱的信仰,来自被歪曲的真理;通奸的信仰,来自被玷污的良善。
(3)封闭或盲目的信仰,这是对神秘事物的信仰;人们虽然相信这些神秘事物,却不知道它们是真是假,或是超出理性还是违背理性。
(4)不稳定或游荡的信仰,这是对多神的信仰。
(5)半盲的信仰,这是对除真神以外的别神的信仰,在基督徒当中,这是对除主神救主以外的别神的信仰。
(6)伪善或法利赛式的信仰,这是口头上的信仰,而不是内心的信仰。
(7)幻想和扭曲的信仰,这是通过巧妙的确认而表现得像真理的虚假。
345. Since I have just given a brief list of types of spiritual faith, I will also give a brief list of types of merely earthly faith. Such faith is actually a persuasion that pretends to be faith. It is a false persuasion. It is called heretical faith. Its categories are (1) illegitimate faith, in which false beliefs have been mixed with true ones; (2) promiscuous faith based on truths that have been falsified, and adulterous faith based on good things that have been contaminated; (3) closed or blind faith, which is a faith in mystical things that we believe in, although we do not know whether they are true or false, beyond reason or contrary to it; (4) wandering faith, which is faith in many gods; (5) half-blind faith, which is faith in some other god besides the true one, or among Christians, faith in someone else besides the Lord God our Savior; (6) hypocritical or pharisaical faith, which is faith of the mouth but not of the heart; and (7) imaginary and backwards faith, which presents falsity as truth and bolsters it with clever argumentation.
345. Having given a summary of the things which go to make up spiritual faith, I shall now give too a summary of the things which go to make up purely natural faith. This is essentially a firm conviction which pretends to be faith, but is a conviction of falsity, known as heretical faith. Its various types are: (1) Spurious faith, in which falsities are mixed with truths. (2) Meretricious faith coming from falsified truths, and adulterous faith coming from different kinds of adulterated good. (3) Concealed or blind faith, which is faith in mysteries which are believed in, despite ignorance whether they are true or false, or whether they are above the level of reason or contrary to it. (4) Erratic faith, which is in a plurality of gods. (5) One-eyed faith, which is in some god other than the true one, and in the case of Christians in a god other than the Lord God the Saviour. (6) Hypocritical or Pharisaical faith, faith, which is a faith of the lips, but not the heart. (7) Imaginary or upside-down faith, which is falsity made by clever arguments to seem like truth.
345. As the constituents of spiritual faith have been presented in a summary, so also shall those of merely natural faith, which in itself is a persuasion counterfeiting faith, and a persuasion of what is false, which is called heretical faith. It may be designated as follows:
1. Spurious faith, in which falsities are mixed with truths.
2. Meretricious faith from truths falsified, and adulterous faith from goods adulterated.
3. Closed or blind faith, which is a faith in things mystical that are believed, although it is not known whether they are true or false, or whether they are above reason or contrary to it.
4. Wandering faith, which is a faith in several Gods.
5. Purblind faith, which is a faith in some other than the true God, and among Christians in any but the Lord God the Savior.
6. Hypocritical or Pharisaic faith, which is a faith of the lips and not of the heart.
7. Visionary and distorted faith, which is falsity made to appear like truth by ingenious confirmation of it.
345. Since a summary of what constitutes spiritual faith has been given, a summary of what constitutes merely natural faith will also be given. In itself, this is a persuasion counterfeiting faith, and is a persuasion of what is false, and is called heretical faith. Its designations are:
1. Spurious faith, in which falsities are mixed with truths.
2. Meretricious faith, from truths falsified, and adulterous faith from goods defiled.
3. Closed or blind faith which is a faith in things mystical, which are believed, but without any discernment whether they are true or false, or whether they transcend reason or are contrary to it.
4. Wandering faith which is a faith in several gods.
5. Purblind faith, which is a faith in any other than the true God, and, among Christians, in any but the Lord God, the Savior.
6. Hypocritical or pharisaical faith, which is a faith of the lips, and not of the heart.
7. Visionary and perverted faith, or falsity made to appear as truth by ingenious confirmation.
345. Quoniam in summario adducta sunt illa quae Fidei spiritualis sunt, in summario etiam adducentur illa quae Fidei mere naturalis sunt, quae in se est persuasio mentiens fidem, et est persuasio falsi et vocatur Fides haeretica: Denominationes ejus sunt 1. Fides spuria, in qua falsa commixta sunt veris. 2. Fides meretrix, ex falsificatis veris, et adultera ex adulteratis bonis. 3. Fides occlusa aut caeca, quae est rerum mysticarum, quae creduntur, tametsi nescitur num sint vera vel falsa, aut num sint supra rationem vel contra illam. 4. Fides erratica, quae est in plures Deos. 5. Fides lusca, quae est in alium Deum quam in Verum, et apud Christianos quam in Dominum Deum Salvatorem. 6. Fides hypocritica seu pharisaica, quae est oris et non cordis. 7. Fides visionaria et praepostera, quae est apparentia falsi sicut veri ex ingeniosa confirmatione.