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Bede the Venerable, on John 8:52
Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
John 8:52 · Douay-Rheims
“The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever.”
On this verse:
“Whom makest Thou Thyself? i. e. Of what merit, of what dignity wouldest Thou be accounted? Nevertheless, Abraham only died in the body; his soul lived. And the death of the soul which is to live for ever, is greater than the death of the body that must die some time.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. John
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