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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:36-50

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(in Hom. 33. in Evang.) Now in a mystical sense the Pharisee, presuming upon his pretended righteousness, is the Jewish people; the woman who was a sinner, but who came and wept at our Lord’s feet, represents the conversion of the Gentiles.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:36-50 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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