Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me.
For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.
I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died for us; Him I love who rose again because of us.
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs – let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church.
I am God’s wheat and shall be ground by their teeth so that I may become Christ’s pure bread.
As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through Him.
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
Be careful, therefore, to take part only in the one Eucharist; for there is only one Flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and one cup to unite us with His Blood.
Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
Therefore run together as into one temple of God, as to one altar, as to one Jesus Christ, who came forth from one Father, and is with and has gone to one.
But pray unceasingly also for the rest of men, for they offer ground for hoping that they may be converted and win their way to God. Give them an opportunity therefore, of becoming your disciples. Meet their angry outbursts with your own gentleness, their boastfulness with your humility, their revilings with your prayers, their error with your constancy in the faith, their harshness with your meekness; and beware of trying to match their example.
It is better to keep silence and be something than to talk and be nothing.
I offer my life’s breath for the sake of the Cross, which is a stumbling block to the unbelievers, but to us it is salvation and eternal life.
The proper thing, then, is not merely to be styled Christians, but also to be such.
He who is devout to the Mother of God will certainly never be lost.
For where there is division and wrath, God doth not dwell.