Patristic A.D. 735
“Thus he represents the state of the catechumen, who believes in Jesus, but does not, strictly speaking, know Him, not being yet washed. It fell to the Pharisees to confirm or deny the miracle.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 9:8-17
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗