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Patristic A.D. 604 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 15:12-16

Gregory the Great, on John 15:12

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

John 15:12 · Douay-Rheims

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.”

On this verse:

“(Hom. in Evang. xxvii.) But let no one who has attained to this dignity of being called the friend of God, attribute this superhuman gift1 to his own merits: Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.”

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