2597. There are gentiles who when they lived in the world came to know from their associations with others and from what was reported to them that Christians lead very wicked lives, involving acts of adultery, hatred and quarreling, drunkenness, and other similarly wicked ways, which horrified them since such actions are contrary to their laws, customs, and religion. In the next life these are more apprehensive than others about receiving the truths of faith. But they are informed by the angels that Christian teaching, and the Christian faith itself, teach something completely different from such behaviour, and that Christians live up to that which their doctrine teaches less than gentiles. On learning this they then receive the truths of faith and adore the Lord, but more slowly than others.