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CHAPTER XVII.
LUCIFER STIRS UP ANOTHER PERSECUTION AGAINST THE
CHURCH AND AGAINST THE MOST BLESSED MARY J
SHE
MAKES IT KNOWN TO SAINT JOHN, AND AT HIS AD
VICE RESOLVES TO GO TO EPHESUS; HER DIVINE SON
APPEARS TO HER AND COMMANDS HER TO VISIT SAINT
JAMES IN SARAGOSSA; THE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH
THIS VISIT.
334. In the eighth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles
saint Luke narrates the persecution incited by hell against
the Church after the death of saint Stephen. He calls
it a great persecution, because, through the zealous
efforts of saint Paul before his conversion, the infernal
dragon succeeded in raising it to highest pitch. Of this
persecution I have spoken in the twelfth and fourteenth
chapter of this part. But from what I have said there,
it will be understood that this enemy of God did not rest
or consider himself so completely overcome, as not to
venture new battles against the Church and the most
blessed Lady. From what saint Luke himself says in his
twelfth chapter concerning the imprisonment of saint
Peter and James by Herod, it is clear that this perse
cution began anew after the conversion of saint Paul, not
even considering his express statement, that Herod sent
soldiers to afflict some of the faithful of the Church (Acts
8, 1). In order that what I said and will say may be
better understood, I
repeat, that these persecutions were
all plotted and set in motion through the demons, by incit
ing
certain malicious men. And because divine Provi-
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