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Patristic A.D. 379 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:26-27

Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 1:26

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

Luke 1:26 · Douay-Rheims

“And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,”

On this verse:

“(in Esai. 6.) The heavenly spirits visit us, not as it seems fit to them, but as the occasion conduces to our advantage, for they are ever looking upon the glory and fulness of the Divine Wisdom; hence it follows, The angel Gabriel was sent.”

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