Patristic A.D. 253
“(tom. xiii. c. 13) Or thus; The Samaritans regarded Mount Gerizim, near which Jacob dwelt, as sacred, and worshipped upon it; while the sacred place of the Jews was Mount Sion, God’s own choice. The Jews being the people from whom salvation came, are the type of true believers; the Samaritans of heretics. Gerizim, which signifies division, becomes the Samaritans; Sion, which signifies watch-tower, becomes the Jews.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 4:19-24
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗