Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing else than what we received from our forefathers... Accordingly, both in the rule of faith and in the observance of discipline, let the standard of antiquity be maintained throughout.

Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to suffer for the sake of justice or doubt the fulfillment of the promises, for it is through toil that we come to rest and through death that we pass to life.

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves.

By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified