Luke 1:1
Douay-Rheims
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration of the things that have been accomplished among us;
Bede the Venerable
(in proœm. Lucæ.) The many who are mentioned, he reckons not so much by their number, as by the variety of their manifold heresies; men who were not endued with the gift of the Holy Spirit, but engaging in a vain work, have rather set forth in order a relation of events, than woven a true history.
Source details
A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:1-4
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.