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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:5-8

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(Hom. 6. in Ev.) What marvel that He permitted Himself to be led by the devil into the mountains, who even endured to be crucified in His own body?”

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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