A citation from the library

Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 13:22-30

Patristic A.D. 735
Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
“Many also at first burning with zeal, afterwards grow cold; many at first cold, on a sudden become warm; many despised in this world, will be glorified in the world to come; others renowned among men, will in the end be condemned.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 13:22-30 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

This page is the stable address of one quotation — verbatim, dated, attributed, with its edition. Cite it freely.