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Chapter 39.—He Who is Mature in
Faith, Hope and Love, Needs Scripture No Longer.
43. And thus a man who is resting
upon faith, hope and love, and who keeps a firm hold upon these,
does not need the Scriptures except for the purpose of instructing
others. Accordingly, many live without copies of the Scriptures,
even in solitude, on the strength of these three graces. So that
in their case, I think, the saying is already fulfilled:
“Whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be
tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall
vanish away.”1755
Yet by
means of these instruments (as they may be called), so great an
edifice of faith and love has been built up in them, that, holding
to what is perfect, they do not seek for what is only in part
perfect—of course, I mean, so far as is possible in this life;
for, in comparison with the future life, the life of no just and
holy man is perfect here. Therefore the apostle says: “Now
abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of
these is charity:”1756
because, when a man shall have
reached the eternal world, while the other two graces will fail,
love will remain greater and more assured.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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