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Alcuin of York — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 6:28-34

Medieval A.D. 804
Alcuin of York · c. A.D. 735–804
“They understood that the meat, which remaineth unto eternal life, was the work of God: and therefore they ask Him what to do to work the work of God, i. e. obtain the meat: Then said they unto Him, What shall we do that we might work the works of God?”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 6:28-34 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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