146. Lastly, Paul having been sent by the Spirit,
was both a vessel of election on
Christ’s part, and himself relates
that God wrought in him, saying: “For He that wrought for
Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought for me also
unto the Gentiles.” Gal. ii. 8. Since,
then, the Same wrought in Paul Who wrought in Peter, it is certainly
evident that, since the Spirit wrought in Paul, the Holy Spirit wrought
also in Peter. But Peter himself testifies that God the Father
wrought in him, as it is stated in the Acts of the Apostles that Peter
rose up and said to them: “Men and brethren, ye know that a
good while ago God made choice amongst us that the Gentiles should hear
the word of the Gospel from my mouth.” See, then, in Peter
God wrought the grace of preaching. And who would dare to deny
the operation of Christ in him, since he was certainly elected and
chosen by Christ, when the Lord said: “Feed My
lambs.” S. John xxi. 15.