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Christ, then, no less a true human being than true God, lacked nothing natural.But it was right that the one giving the example of perfection should excel in every pursuit of virtue.His chastity, exalted by uninterrupted integrity and stirred by no lustful appetite, had remained virgin in its holy mind.His greatness of soul mastered every sense and conquered pain.Through his humanity it was to become imitable by all the faithful, and through its sublimity, wonderful.
Christus igitur non minus homo verus, quam verus Deus, nihil de naturalibus minus habuit; sed iustum erat ut qui dabat perfectionis exemplum, omnibus virtutum studiis antecelleret, castitasque eius continua integritate celsa, nullo permota libidinis appetitu, quae virgo sanctae mentis exstiterat, et omnium sensuum domitrix animi magnitudo, et superatrix dolorum, cunctis fidelibus, et humanitate imitabilis fieret, et sublimitate mirabilis.