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How grave sinners are converted by good example. Chapter 47.
Fortitude, patience, and perseverance conquer all things. Chapter 77.
Concerning Saint Francis and his religious order. Chapter 158. Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226); Catherine often contrasts the Franciscan and Dominican orders in her writings.
Concerning fraternal correction. Chapter 102. A traditional Christian practice of privately and lovingly correcting a neighbor's faults.
The offense committed against the Church greatly offends God. Chapter 116.
God laments and threatens the persecutors of the ministers of the Church. Chapter 117.
Concerning the excellence of worthy ministers of the Church. Chapter 119.
Concerning their correction toward their subjects. Chapter 119.
Sinners and worldly people give glory to God against their will. Chapter 180.
Similarly the demons. Chapter 81.
Why God has given different graces. Chapter 7. The original OCR reads "yii," which is a likely mistranscription of the Roman numeral "vii" (7).
Concerning the dignity of man. Chapters 12, 13.
How much love God has shown to man. Chapter 13.
God made man in his image and likeness. Chapter 135. The original OCR reads "cxxxy," likely for "cxxxv" (135).
Nothing can deprive man of the grace of God unless he wills it. Chapter 140.
All creatures are made for the service of man. Chapter 140. original: "p duisiōe," likely an error for "p seruisiōe" (for service/use).
The truly humble person considers themselves the cause of all the evils in the world. Chapter 2.
Through self-knowledge and the blood of Christ, one comes to contrition. Chapter 4.
Humility cannot exist without charity and discretion. Chapter 10. Discretion in Catherine’s work refers to a "spiritual sobriety" or the ability to choose the middle path of virtue without falling into extremes.
Concerning self-knowledge, which is attained through knowledge of divine goodness; and through knowledge of divine goodness, one comes to the knowledge of oneself. Chapters 13, 72, 73. This "Cell of Self-Knowledge" is a central pillar of Catherine's spirituality: knowing one's own nothingness helps one recognize God's infinite love.
The humble, God-fearing person is more capable of advising and understanding...