By St. Theophan the Recluse
"Beware of false prophets" (Matt. 7:15).
From the beginning of Christianity and to this day there has not been a time when this warning was not applicable.
The Lord did not indicate exactly which false prophets to beware of, for how could they be pinpointed?
They change like fashions and are continually generating more like them. They always appear in sheep’s clothing, with a likeness of good will in their deeds and a mirage of truth in their speech.
In our time their clothing is sewn of progress, civilization, education, freedom of thought and deed, a personal conviction which does not allow for faith, and such like. All of this is a deceptive cloak.
