Whatever is born is the work of God. So whatever is plastered on, is the devil's work.... How unworthy of the Christian name it is to wear a fictitious face - you on whom simplicity in every form is enjoined! You, to whom lying with the tongue is not lawful, are lying in appearance.

Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.

There are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit that appeared in the form of a dove. They expel evil spirits, perform many cures, and foresee certain events.

There is strife between God s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.

Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.