What is interesting to note in this connection, however, is that St.
Robert Bellarmine lived during the protestant revolution whose principal leaders all denied the apostolic teaching on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Robert Bellarmine indicates that in his day many souls suffered from temptations against the mystery of the Holy Eucharist-and this is not surprising, since St. In one of his works on temptations that afflict the dying and how to overcome them, the great Saint and Doctor of the Church St.
It would seem that in every age the Church faces particular challenges which vary according to the dominant errors of the time.
