Original sentence: According to the Catholic Church a large apostasy from the Catholic faith will take place near the end of time, but the the Catholic Church will continue nonetheless, albeit under heavy persecution.His parable of the Sower in Luke chapter 8 talks of a farmer who sowed seed that fell along a path and was eaten by birds, seed that fell on a rock and withered for lack of moisture, seed that was choked out by thorns, and seed that fell on good soil and yielded good crops, reflecting well the states of disbelief, apostasy of one type or another, and belief.Julian the Apostate apostasized from the Catholic Church, symbolically "erasing" his baptism by bathing himself in bull's blood
Edited sentence: According to the Catholic Church (from which the Protestant Reformers broke away from in the 16th century) the original Church of Christ, which subsists in the Catholic Church, is indefectable and unable to fall into error.Contrary to popular opinion, the Inquisition was thought by contemporaries to be the most humane court in Europe, and there are records of people blaspheming in secular courts in order to be taken to the Inquisitors in order get a more lenient treatment.His parable of the Sower in Luke chapter 8 talks of a farmer who sowed seed that fell along a path and was eaten by birds, seed that fell on a rock and whithered for lack of moisture, seed that was choked out by thorns, and seed that fell on good soil and yielded good crops, reflecting well the states of disbelief, apostasy of one type or another, and belief.Julian the Apostate was one notable person who apostasized from the Catholic Church, symbolically "erasing" his baptism by bathing himself in bull's blood.There is a widespread belief in the Catholic Church, based on certain eschatological traditions, Scriptural interpretations, and visions of saints, that a large apostasy from the Catholic faith will take place near the end of time, but the the Catholic Church will continue nonetheless, albeit undr heavy persecution.This is based on certain Scriptural texts and the constant teaching of the Church and the early Church fathers