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 For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved."

Rom. iii. 22. “Even the justice of God, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe in him.” x. 8, 9. “This is the word of faith which we preach: that if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart, that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

Heb. xi. 6. “But without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and is a rewarder of them that seek him."

“When the apostle says, that man is justified by faith, and gratuitously, his words are to be understood in that sense which the perpetual consent of the Catholic Church has held, and expressed; to wit, that therefore is man made just by faith, because faith is the beginning of man's salvation, the foundation and root of all justice, without which it is impossible to please God.”—Sess. vi. c. viii. p. 31.

The Divine Revelation contains many mysterious doctrines, surpassing the natural reach of the human understanding : for which reason, it became the wisdom and goodness of God to provide some way or means, whereby man might be enabled to learn what those mysterious doctrines are-means apparent to all; proportioned to the capacities of all; and sure and certain to all.