Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.

The best advice that I can give you is this. Church-traditions — especially when they do not run counter to the faith — are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down; and the use of one church is not to be annulled because it is contrary to that of another.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.

Begin now what you will be hereafter.

The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.