_ 127 Propos._ 41: “_Omnis cognitio Dei etiam naturalis, etiam in philosophis ethnicis, non potest venire nisi a Deo; et sine gratia non producit nisi praesumptionem, vanitatem et oppositionem ad ipsum Deum loco affectuum adorationis, gratitudinis et amoris._” (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 1391.) 128 On the _debitum naturae_ cfr. Pohle-Preuss, _God the Author of Nature and the Supernatural_, pp. 184 sq. _ 129 Summa Theol._, 1a 2ae, qu. 2, art. 4. _ 130 Conc. Vatic._, Sess. III, _De Revel._, cap. 2: “_Ut ea, quae in rebus divinis humanae rationi per se impervia non sunt, in praesenti quoque generis humani conditione ab omnibus expedite, firmâ certitudine et nullo admixto errore cognosci possint._” 131 Cfr. Chastel, S. J., _De la Valeur de la Raison Humaine_, Paris 1854; O. Willmann, _Geschichte des Idealismus_, Vol. III, 2nd ed., pp. 811 sqq., Braunschweig 1908; Bellarmine, _De Gratia et Libero Arbitrio_, V, 1 sqq. 132 The only dissenting voice is that of Cardinal Cajetan. 133 Mezzofanti spoke perfectly thirty-eight languages, thirty others less perfectly, and was more or less familiar with fifty dialects. Cfr. U. Benigni in the _Catholic Encyclopedia_, Vol. X, p. 271. 134 On the question whether grace can enable a man to acquire an unlimited, universal knowledge, see Pohle-Preuss, _Christology_, pp. 258 sqq., St. Louis 1913. Cfr. also St. Thomas, _Summa Theol._, 1a 2ae, qu. 109, art. 1, and Palmieri, _De Gratia Divina Actuali_, thes. 19. _ 135 Prop. Baii Damn._, 27: “_Liberum arbitrium sine gratiae Dei adiutorio nonnisi ad peccandum valet._” (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 1027.) _ 136 Prop. Baii Damn._, 37: “_Cum Pelagio sentit, qui boni aliquid naturalis, i.e. quod ex naturae solis viribus ortum ducit, agnoscit._” (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 1037.) _ 137 Prop. Baii Damn._, 25: “_Omnia opera infidelium sunt peccata et philosophorum virtutes sunt vitia._” (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 1025.) _ 138 Prop. Damn. ab Alex. VIII_: “_Necesse est infidelem in omni opere peccare._” (Denzinger-Bannwart, n. 1298.) 139 Matth. V, 46 sq. _ 140 Mercedem_, μισθόν. _ 141 Salutaveritis_, ὰσπάσησθε. _ 142 Ethnici_, οἱ ἐθνικοί. 143 Rom. II, 14 sqq. _ 144 Gentes_, ἔθνη. 145 That is, the _Mosaic_ law. _ 146 Naturaliter_, φύσει. _ 147 Naturaliter_, φύσει. 148 “_Quae legis sunt, faciunt._” 149 Rom. I, 21 sqq. 150 For other germane texts see Ezech. XXIX, 18 sqq.; Rom. I, 21. 151 πᾶν δὲ ὅ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἁμαρτία ἐστιν. 152 πίστις = συνείδησις. 153 Cfr. also 1 Cor. VIII, 10 sqq. For a fuller explanation see Scheeben, _Dogmatik_, Vol. III, pp. 954 sqq. 154 Ezech. XXIX, 20: “And for the service that he hath done me against it [the city of Tyre], I have given him the land of Egypt, because he hath labored for me, saith the Lord God.”