The Virtue Of Contentment Is

The Relative Property Of The Son Is To Be Begotten, That Is, So To Proceed From The Father As To Be A Participant Of The Same Essence And Perfectly Carry On The Father's Nature.

From Faith, Hope, And Love, The Virtues Of Religion Referring To God, There Arises A Double Act Which Bears On The Spiritual Communion Exercised Between God And Us; The Hearing Of The Word And Prayer.

Faith Is The Virtue By Which, Clinging-to The Faithfulness Of God, We Lean Upon Him, So That We May Obtain What He Gives To Us.

An Idea In Man Is First Impressed Upon Him And Afterwards Expressed In Things, But In God It Is Only Expressed, Not Impressed, Because It Does Not Come From Anywhere Else.

Therefore, The Church Is Not Absolutely Necessary As An Object Of Faith, Not Even For Us Today, For Then Abraham And The Other Prophets Would Not Have Given Assent To Those Things Which Were Revealed To Them From God Without Any Intervening Help Of The Church.