God must always be the greater, going above and beyond everything, and not only in this world but also in the future one, so that he might always remain the Teacher, while man, as the pupil, might always learn from God. Does not the apostle, too, say that, when everything else will have passed away, these three alone will endure: faith, hope and love? For our faith in our Teacher remains unshakable forever, he who gives us a certainty that he is the only true God, that we truly love him forever because he is the sole Father and that we may hope to receive again still more from God and to learn from him because he is the Good and possesses inexhaustible riches and a kingdom without end and unbounded teachings.
ST. IRENAEUS
