God Is That, The Greater Than Which

For I Do Not Seek To Understand In Order To Believe, But I Believe In Order To Understand. For I Believe This: Unless I Believe, I Will Not Understand.

God Was Conceived Of A Most Pure Virgin ... It Was Fitting That The Virgin Should Be Radiant With A Purity So Great That A Greater Purity Cannot Be Conceived.

Spare Me Through Your Mercy, Do Not Punish Me Through Your Justice.

I Have Written The Little Work That Follows . . . In The Role Of One Who Strives To Raise His Mind To The Contemplation Of God And One Who Seeks To Understand What He Believes.

Therefore Lord God, You Are More Truly Omnipotent, Because You Have No Power Through Impotence And Nothing Can Be Against You.