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John Chrysostom — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:24-28

Patristic A.D. 407
John Chrysostom · A.D. 347–407
“(Hom. 29. in ep. ad Heb.) But a soft garment relaxes the austerity of the soul; and if worn by a hard and rigorous body, soon, by such effeminacy, makes it frail and delicate. But when the body becomes softer, the soul must also share the injury; for generally its workings correspond with the conditions of the body.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:24-28 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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