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Alcuin of York — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:24-28

Medieval A.D. 804

Alcuin of York · c. A.D. 735–804

“The meaning of Bethany is, house of obedience; by which it is intimated to us, that all must approach to baptism, through the obedience of faith.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:24-28 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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