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Patristic A.D. 735 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 17:26-30

Bede the Venerable, on Luke 17:26

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735
Luke 17:26 · Douay-Rheims
“And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”
On this verse:
“Passing by the unutterable wickedness of the Sodomites, He mentions only those which may be thought trifling offences, or none at all; that you may understand how fearfully unlawful pleasures are punished, when lawful pleasures taken to excess receive for their reward fire and brimstone.”

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