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Origen — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:11-14

Patristic A.D. 253

Origen · c. A.D. 184–253

“A new face suddenly presenting itself to the human eye, troubles and startles the mind. The angel knowing this to be the nature of man, first dispels the alarm, as it follows, But the angel said unto him, Fear not.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:11-14 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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