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John Chrysostom — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 23:5-12

Patristic A.D. 407

John Chrysostom · A.D. 347–407

“Not only does the Lord forbid us to seek supremacy, but would lead His hearer to the very opposite; He that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 23:5-12 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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