Luke 2:48 Douay-Rheims

And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

There are two generations in Christ, one from His Father, the other from His mother; the Father’s more divine, the mother’s that which has come down for our use and advantage.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:42-50

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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