64. The first and primary [thing] of the Church is to know her God, thus the Lord and so one God. This is because the other things of the Church, both doctrines and perceptions are dependent thereon. It is not possible, otherwise, for man to understand the Word. This may be seen from the case of the ancients who were Gentiles, although they, likewise, had altars and sacrifices, besides many rituals of the Church. Yet they who did not worship Jehovah, but worshipped, some Schaddai, some another God, were extirpated because nothing of their doctrine and worship was then acceptable in heaven. Because of that, the Lord questioned those with whom He worked miracles as to whether they had faith, saying that according to their faith so it would be done. This was in order that they should acknowledge that He Himself was the Son of God, and could do all things, thus He was God descending out of heaven. This acknowledgment was the first and primary [thing] of God's conjunction with man.