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Basil of Caesarea — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:79

Patristic A.D. 379

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

“(sup. Esai. c. ii) For in thick darkness were the Gentile people sitting, who were sunk deep in idolatry, until the rising light dispersed the darkness, and spread abroad the brightness of truth.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:79 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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