This Subsistence, Or Manner Of Being Of

The Efficiency Of God May Be Understood As Either Creation Or Providence.

In The Exercise Of God's Efficiency, The Decree Of God Comes First. This Manner Of Working Is The Most Perfect Of All And Notably Agrees With The Divine 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.

The Goodness Of A Thing Created Is The Perfection Of Its Fitness For The Use Which It Serves. Now That Use Is Either Particular Or Universal.

The Ordinary Ministry Is That Which Receives All Of Its Direction From The Will Of God Revealed In The Scriptures And From Those Means Which God Has Appointed In The Church For Its Continual Edification.