Luke 11:33
Douay-Rheims
No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel; but upon a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light.
Gregory of Nazianzus
(Epist. 41.) Or else; The light and eye of the Church is the Bishop. It is necessary then that as the body is rightly directed as long as the eye keeps itself pure, but goes wrong when it becomes corrupt, so also with respect to the Prelate, according to what his state may be, must the Church in like manner suffer shipwreck, or be saved.
Source details
A.D. 390 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 11:33-36
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.