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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 9:43-50

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(Ibid. ii. 4) He also who strives to speak with wisdom should be greatly afraid, lest by his eloquence the unity of his hearers be thrown into confusion, lest, while he would appear wise, he unwisely cut asunder the bonds of unity.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 9:43-50 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗

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