Orthodox 1107
“By these words, Before the face, he signifies that our Lord’s incarnation would be visible to all men. And this salvation he says is to be the light of the Gentiles and the glory of Israel, as it follows, A light to lighten the Gentiles.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:28-32
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗