He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God.

Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.

It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth.

Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which the apostles held constant intercourse, and learn from them what is certain and clear in regard to the present question? For how should it be if the apostles themselves had not left us writings? Would it not be necessary, in that case, to follow the course of the tradition which they handed down to those to whom they did commit the Churches?

God became man, that we might be gods.

The church has been planted as a paradise in this world.

Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.