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Greek Expositor (anonymous) — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:6-7

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Greek Expositor (anonymous)

“(Metaphrastes) Oh the wonderful straitening and banishment which He underwent, Who holds the whole world in His hands! From the very beginning He seeks for poverty, and ennobles it in His own person.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:6-7 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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