Patristic A.D. 253
“(t. xxxii.) It was impossible that the lowest parts and extremities of a soul should escape defilement, even in one perfect as far as man can be; and many, even after baptism, are covered up to their head with the dust of wickedness; but the real disciples of Christ only need washing for their feet.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 13:6-11
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗