--- title: "4 Catholicism Quotes By St. Jerome" description: "4 Catholicism quotes by St. Jerome. Plus more from St. Jerome and more Catholicism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/st-jerome-3227_advice_the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-t_142068.jpg" --- > [The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-this-church-traditions/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/st-jerome-3227_advice_the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-t_142068.jpg) > [The best advice that I can give you is this. Church-traditions — especially when they do not run counter to the faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-this-church-traditions-2/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/st-jerome-3227_advice_the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-t_490472.jpg) > [A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/a-vice-in-the-heart-is-an-idol-on-the-altar/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/st-jerome-3227_altar_a-vice-in-the-heart-is-an-idol-on-the-al_1291281.png) > [The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-church-was-founded-upon-peter-although-elsewhere-the-same-is/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/st-jerome-3227_apostles_the-church-was-founded-upon-peter-althou_1990471.png) ## Other authors on Catholicism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/adolf-hitler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fulton-j-sheen-36488.jpg) Fulton J. 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Tolkien 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/j-r-r-tolkien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-leo-xiii-75908.jpg) Pope Leo XIII 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/pope-leo-xiii/) - [The Catholic Church 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/the-catholic-church/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-pius-ix-75913.jpg) Pope Pius IX 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/pope-pius-ix/) ## More by St. Jerome > [Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/wine-is-the-first-weapon-that-devils-use-in-attacking-the-young/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-roman-world-is-in-collapse-but-we-do-not-bend-our-neck/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/and-as-regards-adam-and-eve-we-must-maintain-that-before-the-fall/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/when-the-stomach-is-full-it-is-easy-to-talk-of-fasting/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Music to me is a voice, my voice, it's my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/music-to-me-is-a-voice-my-voice-it-s-my-way-of-expressing-what/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/everything-must-have-in-it-a-sharp-seasoning-of-truth/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-this-church-traditions/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/woman-is-the-gate-of-the-devil-the-road-to-iniquity-the-sting-of-the/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-christ-did-not-want-to-dismiss-the-jews-without-food-in-the-desert/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/for-it-is-good-to-cleave-to-god-and-to-put-our-hopes-in-the-lord-so/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/when-i-could-not-see-the-light-with-my-blind-eyes-i-blamed-not-my/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/instead-of-speaking-saintly-words-we-must-act-them/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Honest speech does not seek secret places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/honest-speech-does-not-seek-secret-places/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/it-is-no-fault-of-christianity-that-a-hypocrite-falls-into-sin/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [ If you call \[the synagogue\] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-you-call-the-synagogue-a-brothel-a-den-of-vice-the-devil-s-refuge/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/st-jerome/#itemlist", "name": "4 Catholicism Quotes By St. Jerome", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down... 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