BE 116 - the universal of faith is what must enter into each and all things

BE 116

It is a universal of faith,
that God is one in essence and Person,
in whom is the Trinity,
and that the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ is He.
It is a universal of faith,
that no mortal could have been saved,
unless the Lord had come into the world.
It is a universal of faith,
that He came into the world to remove hell from man,
and He removed it by combats against it,
and by victories over it;
thus He subdued it,
and reduced it to order,
and under obedience to Himself.
It is a universal of faith,
that He came into the world to glorify the Human
which He assumed in the world,
that is, to unite it with the Divine from which it was;
thus, having subdued hell,
He keeps it in order
and under obedience to Himself to eternity.
Inasmuch as both these could only be effected
by means of temptations admitted into His Human,
even to the last,
which was the passion of the cross,
therefore He endured that.
These are the universals of faith concerning the Lord.

The universal of Christian faith on a person's part is,
that he should believe in the Lord,
for by believing in Him conjunction with Him is effected,
and by conjunction salvation.
To believe in Him is to have confidence that He will save;
and because none can have such confidence
but he who lives well,
therefore this is also meant by believing in Him.