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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 20:27-40

Patristic A.D. 397

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397

“According to the letter of the law, a woman is compelled to marry, however unwilling, in order that a brother may raise up seed to his brother who is dead. The letter therefore killeth, but the Spirit is the master of charity.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 20:27-40 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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