Patristic A.D. 735
“And what is not less than these, the poor have the Gospel preached to them, that is, the poor are enlightened by the Spirit, or hidden treasures, that there might be no difference between the rich and the poor. These things prove the faith of the Master, when all who can be saved by Him are equal.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:18-23
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗