Patristic A.D. 407
“But that none should say, An evil tree brings forth indeed evil fruit, but it brings forth also good, and so it becomes hard to discern, as it has a two-fold produce; on this account He adds, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 7:15-20
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗