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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 3:3-6

Patristic A.D. 397

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397

“And therefore many say that St. John is a type of the Law, because the Law could denounce sin, but could not pardon it.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 3:3-6 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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