The real wants of nature are the measure of enjoyments, as the foot is the measure of the shoe. We can call only the want of what is necessary poverty. — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
... faithfully and strenuously you should resist the heretics in defense of the only true and life-giving faith, which the Church has received -… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
He who is chaste in flesh should not be proud, for he should know that he owes the gift of continence to another. — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Who can describe the bond of God's love? Who is able to explain the majesty of its beauty? The height to which love leads… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Because of its divine institution for the propagation of man, the seed is not to be vainly ejaculated, nor is it to be damaged,… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let others applaud… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
A companion is but another self; wherefore it is an argument that a man is wicked if he keep company with the wicked. — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
If any one say that he has seen a just man in want of bread, I answer that it was in some place where… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
The real wants of nature are the measure of enjoyments, as the foot is the measure of the shoe. We can call only the… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness!… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
... if we say that the Father is the origin of the Son and greater than the Son, we do not suggest any precedence… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
