“I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from the world.” Quote by Rory Edwards
“And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all men; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” MenHeartJesusUnderstandingChristGloryHolinessAlmightyJustifiedGodlinessBaptismAmenAlmighty GodJustification By Faith Author:Pope Clement I
“And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water of baptism is like the Virgin's womb; for the same Holy Spirit fills the font, Who filled the Virgin, that the sin, which that sacred conception overthrew, may be taken away by this mystical washing.” MaySpiritualSpiritWaterBornSinTakenHolySacredFilledHoly SpiritConceptionMysticalVirginsWombWashingBaptismRegenerationFonts Author:Pope Leo I
“By the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years had been washed away, and a light from above, serene and pure, had been infused into my reconciled heart, — after that, by the agency of the Spirit breathed from heaven, a second birth had restored me to a new man.” MenYearsHeartHelpingLightSpiritHeavenWaterBirthPureFormerSereneStainsBaptism Author:Cyprian
“The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the saving grace is turned into ashes and holiness departs.” DoeLordTakenGraceSalvationSavingHolinessDeniedAshesSacramentsSaving GraceUndeserving Author:Cyprian
“Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of Noah certain persons, numbering only eight, were saved by water, which Baptism effects in like manner for you" (1 Peter 3:20). He proves and demonstrates that the solitary Ark of Noah was the figure of the One Church. If, at the time of this Baptism of the world anyone could have been saved without having been in the Ark of Noah, then he who is outside the Church could now be brought to life by Baptism.” IfsWorldPersonsHas BeensSaidCertainWaterChurchEffectsFiguresProveEightSavedPeterSolitarySacramentsCould Have BeenBaptismArk Author:Cyprian
“"If any man thirst, let him come and drink from the rivers of living water" (cf. John 7:38). Where shall he who thirsts come? To heretics where the fountain and river of water is in no way life-giving? Or to the Church, which is One?” IfsMenWayGivingWaterChurchDrinkRiversThirstSacramentsFountainHereticCfs Author:Cyprian
“Since the baptismal rebirth takes place only with the one Bride of Christ, where could he be born who is not a son of the Church?” ChristBornChurchSonSacramentsRebirthBrides Author:Cyprian
“Knowing that there is one Baptism, we who hold the head and root of the One Church know for certain that to him who is outside the Church nothing is lawful.” KnowsCertainChurchKnowingRootsSacramentsBaptism Author:Cyprian
“Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet promise the life and grace of the waters of salvation. It is not cleansing which men find there, but soiling; their sins are not washed away, but only added to. That being "born again" does not bring forth sons to God but to the Devil. Born of a lie, they cannot inherit the things which Truth has promised; begotten by the faithless, they are deprived of the grace of faith.” ThinkingMenDoeLyingWaterBornSinGraceSonPromiseDevilSalvationAbandonedSacramentsFountainDeprivedBaptismBorn AgainCleansingFaithless Author:Cyprian