The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

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.

David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one Person, that by one and the same conception and birth might spring our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whom was present both true Godhead for the performance of mighty works and true Manhood for the endurance of sufferings.

God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.

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

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

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