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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:27-31

Patristic A.D. 604
Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
“(ut sup.) The hearts of the wicked are sometimes by their own punishment taught the exercise of charity, but in vain; so that they indeed have an especial love to their own, who while attached to their sins did not love themselves. Hence it follows, For I have five brethren, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:27-31 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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