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Medieval A.D. 804 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 21:15-17

Alcuin of York, on John 21:15

Alcuin of York · c. A.D. 735–804

John 21:15 · Douay-Rheims

“When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs.”

On this verse:

“To feed the sheep is to support the believers in Christ from falling from the faith, to provide earthly sustenance for those under us, to preach and exemplify withal our preaching by our lives, to resist adversaries, to correct wanderers.”

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