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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:5-8

Patristic A.D. 397
Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397
“Truly in a moment of time, the kingdoms of this world are described. For here it is not so much the rapid glance of sight which is signified as is declared the frailty of mortal power. For in a moment all this passes by, and oftentimes the glory of this world has vanished before it has arrived. It follows, And he said unto him, I will give thee all this power.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 4:5-8 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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