Cyril of Alexandria, on Luke 11:37

“And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him, that he would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat.”

“Or He says it by way of censure upon the Pharisees, who ordered those precepts only to be strictly observed by their people, which were the cause of fruitful returns to themselves. Hence they omitted not even the smallest herbs, but despised the work of inspiring love to God, and the just awarding of judgment.”

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