The Catholic Church is the only thing which saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. ― G.K. Chesterton, The Catholic Church and Conversion
I cannot think, unless I have been thought, Nor can I speak, unless I have been spoken. I cannot teach, except as I am taught, Or break the bread, except as I am broken. A mind behind the mind through which I seek, A light within the light with which I see, A word beneath […]
But all saw the Father in the Son: for the Father is the invisible of the Son, but the Son the visible of the Father. — St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Agains Heresies, Book IV