Patristic A.D. 735
“They then who hear the word of God and do it, are called the mother of our Lord, because they daily in their actions or words bring Him forth as it were in their inmost hearts; they also are His brethren where they do the will of His Father, Who is in heaven.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 8:19-21
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗