Jerome

"To be deceived is the common lot of both layman and bishop."

"In the case of Tertullian we praise his great talent, but we condemn his heresy. In that of Origen we admire his knowledge of the Scriptures, but nevertheless we do not accept his false doctrine. As t…"

"The truth is, men are elected to the episcopate who come from the bosom of Plato and Aristophanes. How many can you find among them who are not fully instructed in these writers? All, whoever they may…"

"Just as divorce according to the Saviour's word was not permitted from the beginning, but on account of the hardness of our heart was a concession of Moses to the human race, so too the eating of fles…"

"Opulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessor."

"To die is the lot of all, to commit homicide only of the weak man."

"I could not pray, if I did not believe; but if I really believed, I should cleanse that heart of mine with which God is seen, I should beat my hands upon my breast, the tears would stream down my chee…"

"It is not the sheep only who abide in the Church."