Hypocrisy
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
hypocrisy · the leaven of the Pharisees
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
The vice of deceptive appearance, named by St. James as the danger warned against regarding oaths.
James, is that “you fall not into hypocrisy,” or be found deceivers;
Adversus Marcionem
The vice of concealing inward unbelief behind outward religious observance, condemned by Christ.
"Beware," he says to the disciples, "of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy" — not the preaching of the Creator.