Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.
Saint AugustineWhere love is, what can be wanting? Where it is not, what can possibly be profitable?
Saint AugustineLet us therefore yield ourselves and bow to the authority of the Holy Scriptures, which can neither err nor deceive.
Saint AugustineBaptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the fruits of salvation ... The benefits which flow from Baptism are necessarily fruits which belong to the true Church alone. Children Baptized in other communions cease to be members of the Church when, after reaching the age of reason, they make formal profession of heresy, as, for example, by receiving communion in a non-Catholic Church.
Saint Augustine