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Gregory the Great, on John 9:1
Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
John 9:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:”
On this verse:
“(viii. Moral. c. xxx. [49.]) Or thus: By His spittle understand the savour of inward contemplation. It runs down from the head into the mouth, and gives us the taste of revelation from the Divine splendour even in this life. The mixture of His spittle with clay is the mixture of supernatural grace, even the contemplation of Himself with our carnal knowledge, to the soul’s enlightenment, and restoration of the human understanding from its original blindness.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.