St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Jeromewas a presbyter, confessor, theologian and historian. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive...
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order baptism trying
Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the efficacy of baptism or to explain the mysterious doctrine of that second birth which though it is our second is yet our first in Christ.
holy-eucharist heaven trying
If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.
dog marriage returns
Having experienced the vexation of marriage, why should she be like the dog who returns to his own vomit,
act action general maxim natural
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.
good rest
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
angel ideas giving
Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
men sexism inequality
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
god mind intelligence
Small minds cannot grasp great subjects.
love work wish
Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.
evil venom malice
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
confused order confusion
My speech is too fast; my oration confused; love knows no order.
law judging religion
The laws of Caesar are one thing, those of Christ, another. Papinianus judges one way, our Paul another.
fall hypocrite faults
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
theft results committed
[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.