,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,catholic ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4 ,,jude ,st4 ,jude1 who wrote this ,epistle1 was one of the twelve ,apostles and brother to ,st4 ,james the ,less4 ,the time it was written is uncertain3 only it may be inferred from verse #ag that few or none of the ,apostles were then living1 except ,st4 ,john4 ,he inveighs against the heresies and wicked practices of the ,simonians1 ,nicolaites1 and ,gnostics1 etc41 describing them and their leaders by strong epithets and similes1 ,he exhorts the faithful to contend earnestly for the faith first delivered to them and to beware of heretics4 ,jude ,chapter #a ,he exhorts them to stand to the faith first delivered to them and to beware of heretics4 #a3a4 ,jude1 the servant of ,jesus ,christ and brother of ,james3 to them that are beloved in ,god the ,father and preserved in ,jesus ,christ and called4 #a3b4 ,mercy unto you and peace3 and charity be fulfilled4 #a3c4 ,dearly beloved1 taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation1 ,i was under a necessity to write unto you3 to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints4 #a3d4 ,for certain men are secretly entered in 7who were written of long ago unto this judgment71 ungodly men1 turning the grace of our ,lord ,god into riotousness and denying the only sovereign ,ruler and our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #a3e4 ,i will therefore admonish you1 though ye once knew all things1 that ,jesus1 having saved the people out of the land of ,egypt1 did afterwards destroy them that believed not4 #a3f4 ,and the angels who kept not their principality but forsook their own habitation1 he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains1 unto the judgment of the great day4 ,principality444 ,that is1 the state in which they were first created1 their original dignity4 #a3g4 ,as ,sodom and ,gomorrha and the neighbouring cities1 in like manner1 having given themselves to fornication and going after other flesh1 were made an example1 suffering the punishment of eternal fire4 #a3h4 ,in like manner1 these men also defile the flesh and despise dominion and blaspheme majesty4 ,blaspheme majesty444 ,speak evil of them that are in dignity2 and even utter blasphemies against the divine majesty4 #a3i4 ,when ,michael the archangel1 disputing with the devil1 contended about the body of ,moses1 he durst not bring against him the judgment of railing speech1 but said3 ,the ,lord command thee4 ,contended about the body1 etc444 ,this contention1 which is no where else mentioned in holy writ1 was originally known by revelation1 and transmitted by tradition4 ,it is thought the occasion of it was1 that the devil would have had the body buried in such a place and manner1 as to be worshipped by the ,jews with divine honours4 ,command thee444 or rebuke thee4 #a3aj4 ,but these men blaspheme whatever things they know not3 and what things soever they naturally know1 like dumb beasts1 in these they are corrupted4 #a3aa4 ,woe unto them6 ,for they have gone in the way of ,cain3 and after the error of ,balaam they have for reward poured out themselves and have perished in the contradiction of ,core4 ,gone in the way1 etc444 ,heretics follow the way of ,cain1 by murdering the souls of their brethren2 the way of ,balaam1 by putting a scantal before the people of ,god1 for their own private ends2 and the way of ,core or ,korah1 by their opposition to the church governors of divine appointment4 #a3ab4 ,these are spots in their banquets1 feasting together without fear1 feeding themselves3 clouds without water1 which are carried about by winds3 trees of the autumn1 unfruitful1 twice dead1 plucked up by the roots3 #a3ac4 ,raging waves of the sea1 foaming out their own confusion3 wandering stars1 to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever4 #a3ad4 ,now of these ,enoch also1 the seventh from ,adam1 prophesied1 saying3 ,behold1 the ,lord cometh with thousands of his saints3 ,prophesied444 ,this prophecy was either known by tradition1 or from some book that is since lost4 #a3ae4 ,to execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness1 whereby they have done ungodly3 and for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against ,god4 #a3af4 ,these are murmurers1 full of complaints1 walking according to their own desires3 and their mouth speaketh proud things1 admiring persons1 for gain's sake4 #a3ag4 ,but you1 my dearly beloved1 be mindful of the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 ,but you1 my dearly beloved1 be mindful1 etc444 ,he now exhorts the faithful to remain steadfast in the belief and practice of what they had heard from the apostles1 who had also foretold that in aftertimes 7lit4 in the last time7 there should be false teachers1 scoffing and ridiculing all revealed truths1 abandoning themselves to their passions and lusts2 who separate themselves from the ,catholic communion by heresies and schisms4 ,sensual men444 carried away and enslaved by the pleasures of the senses4 #a3ah4 ,who told you that in the last time there should come mockers1 walking according to their own desires in ungodlinesses4 #a3ai4 ,these are they who separate themselves1 sensual men1 having not the ,spirit4 #a3bj4 ,but you1 my beloved1 building yourselves upon your most holy faith1 praying in the ,holy ,ghost1 #a3ba4 ,keep yourselves in the love of ,god1 waiting for the mercy of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 unto life everlasting4 ,building yourselves upon your most holy faith444 ,raising by your actions1 a spiritual building1 founded1 #ast1 upon faith2 #b;d1 on the love of ,god2 #c;d1 upon hope1 whilst you are waiting for the mercies of ,god1 and the reward of eternal life2 #dth1 joined with the great duty of prayer4 #a3bb4 ,and some indeed reprove1 being judged3 #a3bc4 ,but others save1 pulling them out of the fire4 ,and on others have mercy1 in fear1 hating also the spotted garment which is carnal4 ,and some indeed repove being judged444 ,he gives them another instruction to practice charity in endeavouring to convert their neighbour1 where they will meet with three sorts of persons3 #ast1 ,with persons obstinate in their errors and sins2 these may be said to be already judged and condemned2 they are to be sharply reprehended1 reproved1 and if possible convinced of their error4 #b;d1 ,as to others you must endeavour to save them1 by pulling them1 as it were1 out of the fire1 from the ruin they stand in great danger of4 #c;d1 ,you must have mercy on others in fear1 when you see them through ignorance of frailty1 in danger of being drawn into the snares of these heretics2 with these you must deal more gently and mildly1 with a charitable compassion1 hating always1 and teaching others to hate the carnal garment which is spotted1 their sensual and corrupt manners1 that defile both the soul and body4 #a3bd4 ,now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy1 in the coming of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 #a3be4 ,to the only ,god our ,saviour through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord1 be glory and magnificence1 empire and power1 before all ages1 and now1 and for all ages of ages4 ,amen4 ,now to him1 etc444 ,st4 ,jude concludes his epistle with this doxology of praising ,god1 and praying to the only ,god our ,saviour1 which may either signify ,god the ,father1 or ,god as equally agreeing to all the three persons1 who are equally the cause of ,christ's incarnation1 and man's salvation1 through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord1 who1 being ,god from eternity1 took upon him our human nature1 that he might become our ,redeemer4