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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 6:1-14

Patristic A.D. 735

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

“(Aug. xxiv. 5) And well is it said, But what are these among so many? The Law was of little avail, till He took it into His hand, i. e. fulfilled it, and gave it a spiritual meaning. The Law made nothing perfect. (Heb. 7:19)”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 6:1-14 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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