Wisdom from Robert Haddad

We don’t accept any private revelation that adds to or attempts to correct what is already in the public realm, public revelation. Ultimately, revelations, visions, prodigies, are either from God, man, or the Devil. With God we also include, of course, first and foremost Jesus Christ himself. St. Paul makes it clear he received private revelation from Christ. Also include the Virgin Mary or an angel in this category, or any other saint that appears to someone else while they’re alive on earth. From man, we include pure human knowledge, our own imagination, our own skill, our own trickery, our cunning, any human activity or device to cause anything to happen or deceive others. Not all sins are due to temptations caused by the Devil. There’s different sources for sin: the world, the flesh, and the Devil. There’s also different sources for false apparitions. And humans are almost as adept as creating false apparitions as the Devil and his demons.

—ROBERT HADDAD from Apparitions True and False