John 1:9 Douay-Rheims

That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

Origen

c. A.D. 184–253 Patristic

(Hom. 2, in div. loc.) Or thus: We must not understand the words, lighteneth every man that cometh into the world, of the growth from hidden seeds to organized bodies, but of the entrance into the invisible world, by the spiritual regeneration and grace, which is given in Baptism. Those then the true Light lighteneth, who come into the world of goodness, not those who rush into the world of sin.

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A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:9

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