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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 20:10-18

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(Hom. xxv.) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? He asks the cause of her grief, to set her longing still more. For the mere mentioning His name whom she sought would inflame her love for Him.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 20:10-18 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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