326. It is a common thing for gentiles who have worshipped any god under an image or statue, or any graven thing, to be introduced, when they come into the other life, to certain spirits in place of their gods or idols, in order that they may rid themselves of their fantasies. When they have been with these for some days, the fantasies are put away. Also those who have worshipped men are sometimes introduced to the men they have worshipped, or to others in their place-as many of the Jews to Abraham, Jacob, Moses, and David-but when they come to see that they are human the same as others, and that they can give them no help, they become ashamed, and are carried to their own places in accordance with their lives. Among the gentiles in heaven the Africans are most beloved, for they receive the goods and truths of heaven more readily than others. They especially wish to be called obedient, but not faithful. They say that Christians because they possess the doctrine of faith may be called faithful, but not they, unless they accept that doctrine, or, as they say, have the ability to accept it.