BE74.十七、在当今基督徒教会台的诸谬横行，因而一切理的终结或荒芜，就是马太福音（24:21）中“那时必有大灾难、从世界的起头直到如今、没有这样的灾难、后来也必没有”所象征性表示的意义。
74. XVII. Infestation by falsities, thence the consummation of all truth, or desolation, in the Christian Churches at this day, is what is meant by the Great Affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the world, nor shall be. Matthew 24:21.
74. XVII. The infestation from falsities, and thence the consummation of every truth, or the desolation, which at this day prevails in the Christian churches, is meant by "the great affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the world, nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:21).
74. XVII. Quod infestatio a falsis, et inde consummatio omnis veri, seu desolatio, hodie in Ecclesiis Christianis, per Afflictionem magnam, qualis non fuit ab initio Mundi nec fiet, apud Matthaeum 24:21 Cap. intelligatur.