Que nam fuerunt illius peccata multa ex multa dilectione dimissa, nisi curiositates superbe et superflue vanitates […]? Ignorant siquidem multi […] impietates innumerabiles que ex his sequuntur, ignorant propterea penitere; ex quibus necessarium est quod eorum ignorent misericordiam consequi delictorum. Et in hoc merito ostenditur VI religiositas, que dicitur ruinata, quia ex talium ignorantia grossa hodiernis temporibus heu pene tota christianitas in damnationis baratrum ruit. […] Et licet superius dictum sit quas curiositates et vanitates ac superfluitates Dominus odit, nihilominus ostendamus ad presens mala propter que talia Dominus odio habet […]. Tria utique sunt malorum genera que ex vanitatibus et superfluitatibus sequi solent […]:     • prima sunt mala particularia;     • secunda sunt mala specialia;     • tertia sunt mala generalia.

For what were her many sins, forgiven on account of her great love, if not proud curiosities and superfluous vanities […]? Many indeed do not know […] the countless impieties that follow from these things; therefore they do not know how to repent, and as a result they fail to obtain mercy for their sins. In this the sixth form of religiosity is rightly shown, called the ruined one, because through such gross ignorance, alas, in our own times almost the whole of Christendom falls into the abyss of damnation. […] And although we have already said which curiosities, vanities, and excesses the Lord hates, let us nonetheless now set forth the evils on account of which He hates such things […]. There are indeed three kinds of evils that are accustomed to follow from vanities and superfluities: • first, particular evils;     • second, specific evils;     • third, general evils.

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Sixth in a weekly series devoted to eight forms of religiosity (see sermon 24/1/41).