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             Judas Iscariotes (apóstolo)
                   SUPLEMENTO: Revelações privadas de videntes católicos sobre Judas Iscariotes (Não reconhecidas oficialmente pela Igreja)
                         Revelação da vidente Maria Valtorta sobre o apóstolo Judas Iscariotes

 Judas se achava o melhor, o mais inteligente e o mais perfeito dos apóstolos

^{[Judas Iscariot says to Jesus and the apostles:]} «But does Hell really exist?» asks the Iscariot.
^{[the other apostles say:]} «What are you saying?» ask his companions who are thoroughly scandalised.
^{[Judas says:]} «I am asking: does it really exist? I don’t believe it does, and I am not the only one.»
^{[the other apostles say:]} «Heathen!» they shout with horror.
^{[Judas says:]} «No. Israelite. Many of us in Israel do not believe such nonsense.»
^{[the other apostles say:]} «Well, how can you believe in Paradise?», «And in God’s justice?», «Where do you put sinners?», «What about Satan?» many of the apostles object shouting.
^{[Judas says:]} «I say what I think. A short while ago I was blamed for being a liar. I am proving that I am sincere, even if what I say scandalises you and makes me hateful in your eyes. In any case I am not the only one in Israel, since Israel has improved in knowledge through contacts with Hellenists and Romans, who are of such opinion. And the Master, the only one whose opinion I respect, cannot reproach me or Israel, as He protects Romans and Greeks and is openly their friend… I base myself on the following philosophical concept. If everything is controlled by God, everything we do depends on His will, and He must reward us all in the same way, because we are only automata moved by Him. We are beings devoid of will. The Master Himself says so: "The Will of the Most High. The Will of the Father". That is the only Will. And it is so infinite that it crushes and destroys the limited will of creatures. Consequently, both the Good and the Evil, which we appear to do, is done by God, Who imposes it on us. Thus He will not punish us for evil deeds and His justice will be administered that way, because our sins are not voluntary but they are imposed by Him Who wants us to commit them, so that both good and evil may be on the earth. He who is bad is the means of expiation for those who are not so bad. And he suffers within himself as he cannot be considered good, and thus expiates his part of sin. Jesus said so. Hell is on the earth and in the hearts of men. I do not perceive Satan. He does not exist. Once I believed he existed. But for some time I have convinced myself that it is a lot of nonsense. And one attains peace through such belief.»
^{[Maria Valtorta comments:]} Judas expounds such… theory with so much ostentation that the others stand breathless with astonishment… Jesus is silent. And Judas teases Him: «Am I not right, Master?»
^{[Jesus says]} «No.» His «no» is so sharp that it sounds like an explosion.
^{[Judas says:]} «And yet I… I do not perceive Satan, neither do I admit free will or Evil. And all the Sadducees are of my opinion as well as many other people in Israel. No, Satan does not exist.»
Jesus looks at him. His glance is so complex that it cannot be analyzed. It is the glance of a Judge, of a Doctor, of a grieved astonished man… There is everything in it…
Judas, who is already launched out, concludes: «Perhaps it is because I am better and more perfect than the others, that I have overcome the terror of men for Satan.»
And Jesus is silent. But Judas teases Him: «Speak! Why am I not terrified?»
Jesus keeps silent.
«Are You not replying, Master? Why? Are You afraid?»
^{[Jesus says]} «No. I am Charity. And Charity withholds its opinion until it is compelled to give it… Leave Me and go away» He says at last, because Judas tries to embrace Him, and when He is held by force in the arms of the blasphemer, He whispers to him: «You disgust Me! You do not see or perceive Satan, because he is all one with you. Go away, you demon!»
Judas kisses Him impudently and laughs, as if the Master had praised him secretly. He goes back to the others who are so aghast that they have stopped and he says to them: «See? I know how to open the Master’s heart. And I make Him happy by showing Him my confidence and I learn. You, instead!… You never dare speak to Him. Because you are proud. Oh! I will know more about Him than anybody else. And I will be able to speak…»

  Vide também Vida e Obra de Maria Valtorta

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Nota sobre a fonte: Maria Valtorta foi uma mística católica italiana. Durante sua vida, ela foi agraciada com revelações de Jesus Cristo sobre o Evangelho, e também de Nossa Senhora, do Espírito Santo e de vários santos e anjos.