“I presume, he [Gellius Faber] well knows, that we plainly teach that we cannot be saved by outward works, however great and glorious they may appear, or that we can thus entirely please God; for they are ever mixed with imperfection and weakness and, therefore, through the corruption of the flesh we cannot acquire the righteousness required in the commandments; therefore we point, alone, to Christ Jesus who is our only and eternal Righteousness, Reconciliation and Propitiator with the Father, and do not at all trust in our works.” 

—Menno Simons