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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:27-30

Orthodox 1107
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
“Or thus; As, on the sun rising, the light of the other heavenly bodies seems to be extinguished, though in reality it is only obscured by the greater light: thus the forerunner is said to decrease; as if he were a star hidden by the sun. Christ increases in proportion as he gradually discloses Himself by miracles; not in the sense of increase, or advancement in virtue, (the opinion of Nestorius,) but only as regards the manifestation of His divinity.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:27-30 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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