Death: November 10, 461
Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preac….
... the Apostle says, 'he that says he abides in Christ ought himself also to walk as He walked' (I Jn. 2:6). Otherwise we make a vain pretence and s….
Each needs the other: capital cannot do without labor, nor labor without capital..
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever. Since it is by ….
I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation..
Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time..
God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation..
A true worshipper is one whose mind has not been defiled with any false belief..
The Church is a virgin, the bride of one Spouse, Who is Christ, and this Church does not allow herself to be violated by any error; so that, througho….
A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless….
Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety..
The birthday of the Lord is the birthday of peace..
By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified.
David's Lord was made David's Son, and from the fruit of the promised branch sprang One without fault, the two-fold nature coming together in one Per….
Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife..
No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ..
Let no one be ashamed of the cross by which Christ has redeemed the world. None of us must be afraid to suffer for the sake of justice or doubt the ….
Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves..
The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever..
The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth..
The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages..