1851 Who put with thee Rome into the good way, Faith is the substance of the things we hope for, 1852 And evidence of those that are not seen; And this appears to me its quiddity.” 1853 Then heard I: “Very rightly thou perceivest, If well thou understandest why he placed it With substances and then with evidences.” And I thereafterward: “The things profound, That here vouchsafe to me their apparition, Unto all eyes below are so concealed, That they exist there only in belief, Upon the which is founded the high hope, And hence it takes the nature of a substance. And it behoveth us from this belief To reason without having other sight, And hence it has the nature of evidence.” 1854 Then heard I: “If whatever is acquired Below by doctrine were thus understood, No sophist’s subtlety would there find place.” Thus was breathed forth from that enkindled love;