27. From the faith of the church of today monstrous offspring have been born, and still may be born; such as salvation from immediate mercy; the doctrine of necessity, and the absence of liberty in spiritual things; that man, in respect to conversion, is like a stock and a stone; that there is no bond between faith and charity; that there is predestination; and, with some at this day, that God pays no attention to the deeds of man but to faith alone; besides others; also in respect to the sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist; and, moreover, in respect to the person of Christ; all of which have been drawn, in accordance with the principles of reason, from justification by faith alone. Heresies, from the first centuries to the present day, have sprung up from no other source than from this faith. [Brief Exposition, n. 64.]