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...ending The Latin text begins with the syllable "ne," likely the conclusion of "Aeterne" (Eternal) from the previous page O God, because you are not a liar in your word, but a truthful God, how could you be known by everyone in our land, and how could you, O God most worthy of all faith, be worshipped by us if you had spoken no word to men? For you, Eternal Truth original: "Veritas aeterna", are equally most worthy of all faith and all honor. Because you are God, most worthy of all honor, you most justly demand from us the tribute of all reverence and adoration; and because you are most deserving of all faith, the precious tribute of divine faith original: "fidem divinam" is owed to you by all.
In the most proper sense, the truth of God is honored through divine faith, not in the empyrean temple The "empyrean" was considered the highest part of the heavens, the literal dwelling place of God and the saints where the Blessed dwell, because in that place obscure faith passes into the light of the beatific vision; therefore, it is in the temple of honor of this our earthly stay, where the field of faith lies open, just as the heaven of the beatific vision is the throne. Therefore, God spoke His word to men wandering upon the earth, and through this He revealed something which had been a hidden mystery to us, so that the faithful might show divine honor to their true God through divine faith. Thus the prophecy is fulfilled: One Lord, one Faith. (c) Ephesians 4:5
If you require a fuller demonstration of this assertion, it is supplied to you more abundantly in:
Number 6, where it is clarified: what divine revelation is.
Number 45 and following, where it is shown how simply the faithful person ought to believe what God reveals, and because He reveals it.
Number 107 and following, where it is maintained that the holy Gospel and the other books of Holy Scripture original: "sacris Scripturis" are to be trusted securely.
Number 110 and following, where it is explained how truly that which the divine books proclaim is fulfilled.
Number 114 and following, where it continues with which other prophecies, having been fulfilled, give infallible testimony to the Holy Scriptures.
Number 118 and following, where it is investigated what an unshakable argument the destroyed city of Jerusalem original: "Jerosolyma" provides for the Holy Scriptures.
Number 137 and following, where it is taught that we ought to listen to the holy Catholic Church original: "Ecclesiam Catholicam" with due reverence and obedience, because through her God speaks His divine word to us.
Number 141, where it is asserted that all things without exception which God, through His holy...