XXIII.
As through the body the Lord spake and healed, so also formerly by the prophets, and now by the apostles and teachers. For the Church is the minister of the Lord's power. Thence He then assumed humanity, 1 that by it He might minister to the Father's will. And at all times, the God who loves humanity 2 invests Himself with man for the salvation of men,--in former times with the prophets, and now with the Church. For it is fitting that like should minister to like, in order to a like salvation.
