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Alcuin of York, on John 5:31
Alcuin of York · c. A.D. 735–804
John 5:31 · Douay-Rheims
“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.”
On this verse:
“But he bore witness not to himself, but to the truth: as the friend of the truth, he bore witness to the truth, i. e. Christ. Our Lord, on His part, does not reject the witness of John, as not being necessary, but shews only that men ought not to give such attention to John as to forget that Christ’s witness was all that was necessary to Himself. But I receive not, He says, testimony from men.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. John
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