Charitatem non habentes

[COPLAND 3]

Could someone translate this gloss of 1 John 4:1? Thank you!


Quoniam multi etc. Charitatem non habentes, et vnitatem eccclesie prauo dogmate scindentes, nihilominus spiritusanctum in se cotendunt esse, subdit, ut per fructus probentur si sunt pseudo, vel veri prophete, quia non colliguntur de spinis vuae, neque de tribulis ficus.

 

[Pacifica]

Because many, etc. Having no charity, and breaking the unity of the church with depraved doctrine, they nonetheless contend that the Holy Ghost is in them. He adds that they should be tested through their fruits, to see if they are false or true prophets: because grapes are not gathered from thorns, nor figs from thistles.