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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:41-46

Patristic A.D. 397
Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397
“Or else, the form of the first command is a general one adapted to all, but the following example seems to be proposed to the stewards, that is, the priests; and therefore it follows, And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give, them their portion of meat in due season?”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 12:41-46 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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