Patristic A.D. 407
“(Hom. lxxxvi) The Angels who appear say nothing about the resurrection; but by degrees the subject is entered on. First of all they address her compassionately, to prevent her from being overpowered by a spectacle of such extraordinary brightness: And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? The Angels forbad tears, and announced, as it were, the joy that was at hand: Why weepest thou? As if to say, Weep not.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 20:10-18
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗