Note 159 — Quest. IX., X., XI. (continued 5)

Creatures are said to be believed, as our Saviour speaking concerning John the Baptist, in Mark xi. 31. says, Why did ye not believe him? διατι ουν ουκ επιστευσατε αυτω; and, in Acts viii. 12. the Samaritans believed Philip, επιστευσαν τω Φιλιππω; and, in John v. 46. Moses is described as a person who ought to be believed; Had ye believed Moses, &c. says our Saviour, ει γαρ επιστευετε Μωση; but it is never said that a creature is believed in. This was Augustin’s observation; upon which occasion he says, In Exposit. Evangel. Johan. Tract. 29. “Though we may be said to believe Paul and Peter, yet we are never said to believe in them.” But as for our Saviour, we are not only to believe him, namely, what he has spoken, but πιστυειν εις αυτον, to believe in him.