9. But is it not written: 'He that feareth God, and worketh justice, is acceptable to Him'? (Acts x. 35).
Yes; but he who fears God does also believe all that He has revealed, as Cornelius did (Acts x.). He, on the contrary, who does not believe all that God has revealed does not fear Him either, but rejects His Word, and denies His veracity.
§ 2. Object and Rule of Faith.
10. What means, 'all that God has revealed'?
It means all that God has made known for our salvation by the Patriarchs and Prophets, and at last by His Son Jesus Christ and the Apostles.
'God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the Prophets, last of all, in these days hath spoken to us by His Son' (Hebr. i. 1, 2).
11. Was it necessary that God should have revealed to us the truths of salvation, in order that we might know them?
Yes, because without Divine Revelation we should have known some of them only with great difficulty, and very imperfectly; and most of them would have remained entirely unknown to us.
'And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth: and with labor do we find the things that are before us. But the things that are in Heaven, who shall search out? And who shall know Thy thought, except Thou give wisdom, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above?' (Wisd. ix. 16, 17).
12. How do we know the truths which God has revealed?
We know the truths which God has revealed by means of the Catholic Church, which is infallible; that is by means of the Pope, the successor of St. Peter, and by the Bishops, the successors of the Apostles, who were taught by Christ Himself.
13. Are we certain of the truths which the Church teaches?
