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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:5

Augustine of Hippo, on John 1:5

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430

John 1:5 · Douay-Rheims

“And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

On this verse:

“(de Civit. Dei, l. x. c. 29. circ. fin.) A certain Platonist once said, that the beginning of this Gospel ought to be copied in letters of gold, and placed in the most conspicuous place in every church.”

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