For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.

God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction.

But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

Conscience is the chamber of justice.

Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church, baptism is given for the remission of sins, and, according to the usage of the Church, baptism is given even to infants. If there were nothing in infants which required the remission of sins and nothing in them pertinent to forgiveness, the grace of baptism would seem superfluous

When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer.

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.