Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

Custom without truth is error grown old.

The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them. Man's attitude is to be one of obedience and subjection. He is to follow the lead of the angels, and consequently some reverence is already implied in the very relationship that exists between man and angel.

It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to baptize, nor to offer [the eucharist], nor to claim for herself a share in any masculine function- not to mention any priestly office.

Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'