In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

The same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds the greatest in this life.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession.

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.