John 1:15 Douay-Rheims

John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.

Augustine of Hippo

A.D. 354–430 Patristic

(in Joan. Tr. 3) It does not mean—He was made before I was made; but He is preferred to me.

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A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:15

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