“You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where
exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is
something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the
prayers of the priests.”
The Priesthood (387 AD):
3, 5, 195
“…the latter often save the sick and perishing soul — sometimes by imposing a
lighter penance, sometimes by preventing the fall. Priests accomplish this not only
by teaching and admonishing, but also by the help of prayer. Not only at the time
of our regeneration (in baptism), but even afterward, they have authority to forgive
sins. ‘Is there anyone among you sick? Let him call in the priests of the church,
and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick man, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he
have committed sins, he shall be forgiven’.”
Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew (C. 390 AD):
1
“Joseph did not know her, until she gave birth, being unaware of her dignity: but
after she had given birth, then did he know her (by way of acquaintance). Because
by reason of her child she surpassed the whole world in beauty and dignity: Since
she alone in the narrow abode of her womb received him whom the world cannot
contain.”
19, 5
“For he did not say ‘thy will be done in me or in us,’ but ‘on earth,’ the whole
earth, so that error may be banished from it, truth take root in it, all vice be
destroyed on it, virtue flourish on it, and earth no longer differ from heaven.”
Homilies on First Corinthians (C. 392 AD):
41, 5
“Let us help and commemorate them. If Job’s sons were purified by their father’s
sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some
consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our
prayers for them.”
Virginity (C. 392 AD):
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