Flattery: False Prophets and Teachers Use

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Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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Romans 16:18
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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Library

Of Councils and their Authority.
... themselves on the name of pastors and teachers. ... cognisance, repressed their intemperance
by flattery rather than ... the Lord not to give heed to false prophets? ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 9 of councils and.htm

Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians.
... examples of himself, the Father, and prophets, [942]206 ... Flattery, not humility, is
shown by courting for the ... by God, was dishonored by the false teachers of the ...
/.../homilies on philippians colossians and.htm

Of the True Church. Duty of Cultivating Unity with Her, as the ...
... of despising the true, and submitting to a false Church ... the Law, and the exhortations
of the prophets, were to ... it right to foster them by flattery or connivance ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 1 of the true.htm

Acts xiii. 4, 5
... they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew ... of the Law and the Prophets,
the rulers ... but crimination (kategoria), and flattery, and misrepresentation ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxviii acts xiii 4.htm

ecce Iterum Crispinus!'
... The Prophets are full of the denunciation of the ... it, and in revenge trumped up a
false charge against ... face of God." Delighted at this flattery, they embraced ...
/.../chapter xliii ecce iterum crispinus.htm

Matt. Ix. 27-30.
... good work, and to witness that their words were not words of flattery. ... nor such as
Moses spake of, and the prophets before them ... This even the false apostles knew ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxii matt ix 27-30.htm

On the Great Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria.
... enslaved by need, fascinated by flattery, or beguiled ... to his fathers, the Patriarchs,
and Prophets, and Apostles ... rendered meaningless by their false doctrine as ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxi on the great.htm

The Epistle of Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria to Alexander ...
... Who gave the law, and the prophets, and the ... name of peace, and by hypocrisy and flattery
to obtain ... divine Alexander wrote nothing that was false concerning him ...
/.../chapter iii the epistle of alexander.htm

Letter Lxxxii. (AD 405. )
... is repudiated as palpably most absurd and false: it is ... This is the law and the prophets."
[2064 ... friendships in which the common proverb, "Flattery makes friends ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter lxxxii a d 405.htm

Book I.
... are all prophets? ... A. Whether what I am going to say is true or false, you will be ...
and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent." Flattery is always ...
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Subtopics

Flattery by Darius's Courtiers

Flattery by False Prophets

Flattery by Gideon

Flattery by Herod Agrippa Ii

Flattery by Israel and Judah

Flattery by Jacob

Flattery by Mephibosheth