Occupation: Saint Birth: 337 Death: April 4, 397
If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that my sins may always be forgiven m….
God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one whic….
Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner feelings. It ne….
Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law..
If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt..
As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscienc….
Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant..
Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redem….
When in Rome, live in the Roman way..
The rich women, to avoid dividing the inheritance among many, kill their own fetus in the womb and with murderous juices extinguish in the genital ch….
How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers….
No one heals himself by wounding another..
There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience..
When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also th….
What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to build….
As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God..
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live..
Let your door stand open to receive Him, unlock your soul to Him, offer Him a welcome in your mind, and then you will see the riches of simplicity, t….
The Lord Jesus himself proclaims, 'This is My Body.' Before the blessing of the heavenly words something of another character is spoken of; after con….
The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church..
... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the mystery, not in nature. The water, th….