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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:19-21

Patristic A.D. 604
Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
“(Hom. 40. in Ev.) Now if the wearing of fine and precious robes were not a fault, the word of God would never have so carefully expressed this. For no one seeks costly garments except for vainglory, that he may seem more honourable than others; for no one wishes to be clothed with such, where he cannot be seen by others.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:19-21 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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