When reading the Bible and participating in the Sacraments and other means of Grace become ends in themselves and objects of faith then the Church is teaching bibliolatry and ecclesiolatry and comes an impediment, not an inducement to true faith. (nakedpastor.com)
There is no question but that Matthew's gospel intends to lure the readers toward Jesus as a specific object of faith. (religion-online.org)
As it advanced, it made «finer and finer distinctions between layers of tradition in the Gospels, beneath which the real object of faith — the figure [Gestalt] of Jesus — became increasingly obscured and blurred.» (firstthings.com)