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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:5-8

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Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107

“The enemy had first assailed Christ by the temptation of the appetite, as also he did Adam. He next tempts Him with the desire of gain or covetousness, shewing Him all the kingdoms of the world. Hence it follows, And the devil taking him up.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:5-8 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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