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Patristic A.D. 604 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 16:22-26

Gregory the Great, on Luke 16:22

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
Luke 16:22 · Douay-Rheims
“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.”
On this verse:
“(Hom. 40. in Ev.) And this rich man forsooth, now fixed in his doom, seeks as his patron him to whom in this life he would not shew mercy.”

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