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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:17-26

Orthodox 1107

Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107

“Observe that on earth He forgives sins. For while we are on earth we can blot out our sins. But after that we are taken away from the earth, we shall not be able to confess, for the gate is shut.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:17-26 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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