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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:9-13

Patristic A.D. 397

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397

“Now he who promises any thing ought to convey a hope of the thing promised, that obedience may follow commands, faith, promises. And therefore he adds, For every one that asketh receiveth.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:9-13 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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