"the body is not an extraneous ornament or aid, but a part of man's very nature."

"Haec enim non ad ornamentum uel adiutorium, quod adhibetur extrinsecus, sed ad ipsam naturam hominis pertinent."

     St. Augustine, City of God I.13 =CSEL 40.1, p. 25, ll. 19-21.