Our Lord humbled without humiliation His lofty station which yet could not be humbled, and condescends to His servants, with a condescension ineffable and incomprehensible. God being perfect becomes perfect man, and brings to perfection the newest of all new things (cf. Eccles 1:10), the only new thing under the sun, through which the boundless might of God is manifested. For what greater thing is there than that God should become man?
John of DamascusI do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.
John of DamascusHe who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.
John of Damascus