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Basil of Caesarea — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:20-23

Patristic A.D. 379

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

“(Hom. de Grat. act.) But He promises laughing to those who weep; not indeed the noise of laughter from the mouth, but a gladness pure and unmixed with aught of sorrow.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 6:20-23 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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