However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it. But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.

We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.

One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.

If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.

Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart

A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.