Patristic A.D. 407
“Or the disciples would have thrust them away, from respect to Christ’s dignity1. But the Lord teaching them holy thoughts, and to subdue the pride of this world, took the children into His arms, and promised to such the kingdom of heaven; But Jesus saith unto them, Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 19:13-15
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗