An idea in man is first impressed upon him and afterwards expressed in things, but in God it is only expressed, not impressed, because it does not come from anywhere else.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

Nothing exists from eternity but God, and God is not the matter or a part of any creature, but only the maker.

The will of God is single and totally one in Him.

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.