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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 18:18-23

Patristic A.D. 735

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

“A certain ruler having heard our Lord say, that only those who would be like little children should enter the kingdom of heaven, entreats Him to explain to him not by parable but openly by what works he may merit to obtain eternal life.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 18:18-23 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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