Occupation: Saint Birth: 337 Death: April 4, 397
It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people..
Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy….
Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to….
Nature has poured forth all things for the common use of all men. And God has ordained that all things should be produced that there might be food in….
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers..
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts of men, bore witne….
The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not shatter it. Although the e….
Do not desert a friend in time of need, nor forsake him nor fail him, for friendship is the support of life. Let us then bear our burdens as the Apos….
When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the ….
We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians..
It is not the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no man can be partner w….
We must follow the ways of the Lord, and take heed to our own ways, lest they lead us into sin. One can take heed if one is not hasty in speaking. Th….
Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show..
True repentance is to cease from sin..
God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hol….
He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others..
Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say "I am with you"), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we brin….
It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantag….
It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely..
If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere..
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise ….