74. 17 The reference in Matthew 24:21 to “a great affliction such as has never existed since the world began and will never exist again” means an attack by falsities and the resulting end — the devastation — of all truth in the Christian denominations of today.
Survey of Teachings of the New Church #2
2. Roman Catholic Teachings Concerning Justification, Taken from the Council of Trent
In the papal bull issued by the Roman pope Pius IV on November 13, 1564, we read the following:
I embrace and accept each and every thing that has been defined and declared by the holy Council of Trent concerning original sin and justification.
