60 The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
made no progress in learning, arts, or civilization. A moral and intellectual paralysis had fallen upon Christendom.
The condition of the world under the Romish power presented a fearful and striking fulfilment of the words of the prophet Hosea:“ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee:... seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”“ There is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.” 97 Such were the results of banishing the word of God.
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4. The Waldenses.
97 Hosea 4:6, 1, 2.