"Only through self-denial can we be saved."

"We renounce the law of the flesh along with the passions and desires."

"Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor is it established solely on the knowledge of man, but also upon volit…"

"Christianity ... does not demand from its followers only the knowledge and theory thereof, but also their application…"

"The Christianity in discussion is a religion which demands not only the knowledge of its theories, but also their app…"

"Christianity demands the whole man, ... to and refashion him into a new man and to breathe into him a new religious a…"

"His true followers are not those who accept the principles of Christianity in word alone and yet reject them in deeds…"

"Sin debases the divine beauty of the image of both the soul and of the body and makes it ugly and useless."

"Sin removes all compunction and makes sinners shameless for the darkening of their souls."

"The divine law was written on the heart of man because God formed his heart to be the seat of the love of the good."