Where Fear Is Present, Wisdom Cannot Be.

Therefore Let Men Withdraw Themselves From Errors; And Laying Aside Corrupt Superstitions, Let Them Acknowledge Their Father And Lord, Whose Excellence Cannot Be Estimated, Nor His Greatness Perceived, Nor His Beginning Comprehended.

The Poets, Therefore, However Much They Adorned The Gods In Their Poems, And Amplified Their Exploits With The Highest Praises, Yet Very Frequently Confess That All Things Are Held Together And Governed By One Spirit Or Mind.

Let It Be Known That This Is The True Church, In Which There Is Confession And Penance And Which Takes A Health-promoting Care Of The Sins And Wounds To Which The Weak Flesh Is Subject.

Where Fear Is Present, Wisdom Cannot Be.

It Is Possible That Mount Olympus May Have Supplied The Poets With The Hint For Saying That Jupiter Obtained The Kingdom Of Heaven, Because Olympus Is The Common Name Both Of The Mountain And Of Heaven.