Pope Leo I Quotes

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• By Baptism we are made flesh of the Crucified
• The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.
• 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…
• A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for,…
• God ordained for every man one and the same means of salvation.
• Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.
• The Church is a virgin, the bride of one Spouse, Who is Christ, and this Church does not allow herself to be violated by any…
• A true worshipper is one whose mind has not been defiled with any false belief.
• Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing…
• No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.
• The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be…
• Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.
• The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord…
• The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be…
• Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.
• The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of…
• The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.
• I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.
• As the world attracts us with its appearance, and abundance and variety, it is not easy to turn away from it unless in the beauty…
• It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is ours without withdrawal…

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