Theorema de sacramentorum nucleo

GENEROUS AND NOBLE IN CHARACTER, IOHANN PETER HEINZEL, OF DEGERSTEIN, AUGSBURG,
son of Iohann Baptist, formerly a senator of the Republic of Augsburg; Iohann Jakob Grynaeus prays to him for those things which pertain to life and godliness original: "τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν" through Christ Jesus.

A decorative initial letter M features architectural elements and foliage.

I am wonderfully delighted by the most elegant Parable of the Pearls, which the Son of God himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, proposed for us to weigh carefully, saying: The Kingdom of Heaven (thus he calls his Church, in which he himself reigns through the Holy Spirit, and gladdens his saints with the joyful proclamation of the Gospel and the use of the Sacraments) is like a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls. Who, having found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Matthew 13:45-46.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is that most precious pearl (Matthew 7:6), which we must prefer over all the riches of this world; we must prudently separate it from the vile doctrine of men (Jeremiah 15:19), and we must conform ourselves to it as to a pattern, so that we may truly become precious before the Lord (Romans 6:17).

A pearl Margarita is named by the Greeks for its shining brilliance. It is also celebrated as the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ irradiating the minds of the faithful (2 Corinthians 4:4).

The Latins call them Uniones pearls (lit. 'onions' or 'singular ones') because no two are found to be identical. Thus, the truth of the Gospel is one, concerning which Chrysostom writes: Indeed, there is one truth, and it is not split into many parts. And just as one who possesses a pearl knows he is rich, even if it is sometimes unknown to others when the pearl is hidden in a small box: so too, in the preaching of the truth, those who adhere to it and embrace it with their whole heart are not unaware that they are wealthy,