No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

If the gospel be not preached, Jesus Christ is, as it were, buried.

Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.

Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?

It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.