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Patristic A.D. 253 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:15-17

Origen, on Luke 1:15

Origen · c. A.D. 184–253

Luke 1:15 · Douay-Rheims

“For he shall be great before the Lord; and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.”

On this verse:

“John indeed turned many, but it is the Lord’s work to turn all to God their Father.”

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