There follows a secondary series of syntheses. By both teaching and example, our Lord perfectly combines what theology now calls rigorism and humanism (cf. Matt. 10:37–40 with 11:28–30). He never makes the recurrent error of dividing ethic from ascetic, of splitting behaviour from prayer. Discipline and mortification are ever subservient to prayer; circumstances and needs dictate practice. He who refused to turn stones into bread when he was fasting for a purpose, happily turned water into wine—120