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[...]It should be noted that, while Faber did not hesitate to employ the hypothetical mode of defending the Scotist position, his aim always went beyond such a limited formulation. What he underscored was that "Jesus was decreed before all creatures, and therefore before the permission of sin". Faber clearly saw the implications of the Scotist thesis in establishing the predestination and primacy of Christ. Here is how he put the matter in his last work and masterpiece, Bethlehem: What then was the first aspect of creation in the divine mind, if we may use the word "first", of that which...