1. "The wisdom of the Patriarchs", said Master Foo, "was that they knew they were fools". “这些尊者之智，”无名师说，“就是了解自身之愚。”
2. In respect to the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarchs. 照福音来说，他们由于你们的缘故，成了天主的仇人；但照召选来说，由于他们祖先的缘故，他们仍是可爱的。
3. Within a few hundred years Bishop Severus of Al-Ashmunain found it necessary to write his 'History of the Patriarchs' in Arabic to address such a drastic decline. 在几百年间，阿尔—阿萨穆乃的塞维如斯主教觉得有必要用阿拉伯语去写下他的“族长史”，去说明这样一种剧烈的衰落。
