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Ambrose of Milan — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 22:47-53

Patristic A.D. 397

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397

“For Peter being well versed in the law, and full of ardent affection, knowing that it was counted righteousness in Phineas that he had killed the sacrilegious persons, struck the High Priest’s servant.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 22:47-53 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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