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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 18:10-14

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(Hom. in Ev. xxxiv. 3.) This refers to the Creator of man Himself; for a hundred is a perfect number, and He had a hundred sheep when He created the substance of Angels and men.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 18:10-14 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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