Extracts
Fundamental Doctrines (C. 220 AD):
1, Preface, 2
“Although there are many who believe that they themselves hold to the teachings
of Christ, there are yet some among them who think differently from their
predecessors. The teaching of the Church has indeed been handed down through
an order of succession from the Apostles, and remains in the Churches even to the
present time. That alone is to be believed as the truth which is in no way at
variance with ecclesiastical and apostolic tradition.”
On Prayer (Post 231 AD):
11, 2
“Now the one great virtue according to the Word of God is love of one’s neighbor.
We must believe that the saints who have died possess this love in a far higher
degree towards the ones engaged in the combat of life than those who are still
subject to human weakness and involved in the combat along with their weaker
brethren. The words ‘If one member suffer anything, all the members suffer with
it, or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it’ are not confined to
those on earth who love their brethren. For the words apply just as much to the
love of those who have left this present life...”
Commentaries on St. John (Inter 226-232 AD):
19, 6
“Whoever dies in his sins, even if he profess to believe in Christ, does not truly
believe in Him; and even if that which exists without works be called faith, such
faith is dead in itself, as we read in the Epistle bearing the name of James.”
Homilies on Luke (Post 233 AD):
Hom. 12
“To every man there are two attending angels, the one of justice and the other of
wickedness. If there be good thoughts in our heart, and if righteousness be welling
up in our soul, it can scarcely be doubted that an angel of the Lord is speaking to
us. If, however, the thoughts of our heart be turned to evil, an angel of the Devil is
speaking to us.”
Commentaries on Romans (Post 244 AD):
5, 8
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