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Gregory the Great, on Luke 12:49
Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
Luke 12:49 · Douay-Rheims
“I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?”
On this verse:
“(in Ezech. lib. i. Hom. 2.) Or else, fire is sent upon the earth, when by the fiery breath of the Holy Spirit, the earthly mind has all its carnal desires burnt up, but inflamed with spiritual love, bewails the evil it has done; and so the earth is burnt, when the conscience accusing itself, the heart of the sinner is consumed in the sorrow of repentance.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.