Quote of the day - St. Jerome. "You may smile, perhaps, and deride this as on a level with the wild fancies of weak women. If so, I am not ashamed of having a faith like that of those who were the …More
Quote of the day - St. Jerome.
"You may smile, perhaps, and deride this as on a level with the wild fancies of weak women. If so, I am not ashamed of having a faith like that of those who were the first to see the risen Lord; who were sent to the Apostles; who, in the person of the mother of our Lord and Savior, were commended to the holy Apostles.
Belch out your shame, if you will, with men of the world. I will fast with women—or with religious men whose looks witness to their chastity, and who, with cheeks pale from prolonged abstinence, show forth the chastity of Christ."
–St. Jerome, Against Vigilantius, 12
"You may smile, perhaps, and deride this as on a level with the wild fancies of weak women. If so, I am not ashamed of having a faith like that of those who were the first to see the risen Lord; who were sent to the Apostles; who, in the person of the mother of our Lord and Savior, were commended to the holy Apostles.
Belch out your shame, if you will, with men of the world. I will fast with women—or with religious men whose looks witness to their chastity, and who, with cheeks pale from prolonged abstinence, show forth the chastity of Christ."
–St. Jerome, Against Vigilantius, 12