8. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that seven thousand years have passed since the creation of the world and the Paschalia has ended, and there is no second coming of Christ – consequently, the writings of the Holy Fathers are false. Here are cited testimonies from the Divine Scriptures that the works of the Holy Fathers are true, for they agree with the writings of the prophets and apostles.

9. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say: "Why is there no second coming of Christ, although its time has already come? After all, the Apostles wrote that Christ was born in the last years, and one thousand five hundred years have passed since the Nativity of Christ, and there is no second coming of Christ, and therefore the writings of the Apostles are false." Here are also given proofs from the Holy Scriptures that the writings of the holy apostles are true, since they were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

10. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who blaspheme the works of St. Ephraim and say that his works are false. Here are also given proofs from the Holy Scriptures that the works of St. Ephraim are true and correspond to the prophetic, evangelical and apostolic writings.

11.1. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who blaspheme the monastic life and say that the monks have departed from the commandments of God and from the prophetic, evangelical and apostolic writings, according to their own invention and self-teaching, have arranged for themselves a life and adhere to human tradition.

11.2. Others say that if the monastic life had been pleasing to God, then Christ Himself and the divine apostles would have dwelt in a monastic image, but now we see Christ, as well as the holy apostles, depicted in a secular image, and not in a monastic one.

11.3. Still others say that the monastic image of the schema was not given to Pachomius by a holy angel: if it had been an angel of God, he would have appeared bright, but he appeared black — and this is a sign of demonic action.

11.4. The fourth distort the words of the holy Apostle Paul, which he wrote to Timothy: "But the Spirit clearly saith that in the last times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, through the hypocrisy of false talkers, who are burned in their consciences, forbidding to marry and to eat the things which God has created, that the faithful and those who know the truth may eat with thanksgiving" (1 Tim. 4, 1–3.). Heretics say that the holy Apostle Paul said this about monks: for they forbid marriage and abstain from food, and of such it is allegedly written: "Cursed is everyone who does not raise up seed in Israel" (cf. Deuteronomy 25:5-9). Here are also collected words from the Holy Scriptures that refute and denounce all these heretical speeches.

12. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that if a bishop is a heretic and does not bless or curse any of the Orthodox, God's judgment will follow his judgment. Here are also testimonies from the holy books that if a heretic, even as a bishop, does not bless or curse any of the Orthodox, then God's judgment will not follow the judgment of the heretic.

13. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that neither a heretic nor an apostate can be condemned. Here are also collected testimonies from the holy books that a heretic and an apostate should not only be condemned, but also cursed, while kings and princes and judges should send them to prison and hand them over to cruel executions.

14. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that one should not inquire too much, find out and inquire about heretics and apostates, if they themselves do not confess their heresy and apostasy. Here are also collected the testimonies of the holy books that all those who love Christ should show every effort, effort and prudent cunning in discerning heretics, seek them out and find out about them, and having found out about them, do not conceal them; he who tries to hide a heretic is an accomplice of heretics.

15. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that if a heretic or apostate repents, he should soon enter the holy church and partake of the Divine Mysteries. Here are also collected the testimonies of the holy books about which heretics and infidels, if they repent, should soon enter the holy church and partake of Christ's Mysteries, and which heretics and apostates, if they repent, should not enter the holy church and partake of the Divine Mysteries, until everything that the Divine canons command in this case has been done to them; and also that the Novgorod heretics and apostates who have now appeared are the worst and most vile of all the heretics and apostates who have lived under heaven.

16. A sermon against the heresy of the Novgorod heretics, who say that if heretics or apostates, convicted of their heresies and apostasy and condemned, begin to repent, then their repentance should be accepted and their mercy should be vouchsafed. Here are also collected the testimonies of the holy books that if a heretic or apostate begins to repent not of his own free will, but only after being convicted and condemned, then such repentance cannot be accepted; for thieves, robbers, murderers, grave robbers, and other evildoers repent when they are rebuked and condemned, but their repentance is not accepted.

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