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Gregory the Great — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:1-13

Patristic A.D. 604

Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604

“(ubi sup.) Or, All the virgins arose, that is, both elect and reprobate are roused from the sleep of death; they trimmed their lamps, that is, they reckon up to themselves their works for which they look to receive eternal blessedness.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:1-13 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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