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Patristic A.D. 604 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:1-5

Gregory the Great, on Luke 2:1

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
Luke 2:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be enrolled.”
On this verse:
“(Hom. 8. in Ev.) But the registering of the whole world when our Lord was about to be born was mystical; for He appeared in the flesh Who should write down the names of His own elect in eternity.”
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