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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 16:5-11

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(viii. Moral. c. xvii.) As if He said plainly, If I withdraw not My body from your eyes, I cannot lead you to the understanding of the Invisible, through the Comforting Spirit.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 16:5-11 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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