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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:27-32

Patristic A.D. 735

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

“Now by the election of Matthew is signified the faith of the Gentiles, who formerly gasped after worldly pleasures, but now refresh the body of Christ with zealous devotion.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:27-32 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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