That which is called God's wrath, and anger, is a means of discipline..

This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possibl….

When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer..

The honor that we pay to the Son of God, as well as that which we render to God the Father, consists of an upright course of life. This is plainly ta….

Although Christ was God, he took flesh; and having been made man, he remained what he was, God..

When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hind….

What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?.

We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, ….

It can be shown that an incorporeal and reasonable being has life in itself independently of the body... then it is beyond a doubt bodies are only of….

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul..

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is b….

The Scripture, which tells us not to be angry at all, and which says in the thirty-seventh Psalm, Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, and which comm….

You yourself are even another little world and have within you the sun and the moon and also the stars..

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being e….

For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our l….

The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much..

The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets of the divine….

You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with the Emperor even if he demands….

When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His ….

If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to th….

God puts Christ's enemies as a footstool beneath His feet, for their salvation as well as their destruction..