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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:47-51

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(xviii. Mor. c. xxxviii. [59.]) When thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee; i. e. when thou wast yet under the shade of the law, I chose thee.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 1:47-51 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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