There must be must be a first mover existing above all – and this we call God.

It is absurd and a detestable shame, that we should suffer those traditions to be changed which we have received from the fathers of old.

The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in His divinity, assumed our nature, so that He, made man, might make men gods.

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.

There being an imminent danger for the faith, prelates must be questioned, even publicly, by their subjects.

Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.

In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.