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Leo the Great, on Matt 26:69
Leo the Great · c. A.D. 400–461
Matt 26:69 · Douay-Rheims
“But Peter sat without in the court: and there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.”
On this verse:
“(Serm. 60, 4.) For this reason it should seem he was permitted to waver, that the remedy of penitence might be exhibited in the head of the Church, and that none should dare to trust in his own strength, when even the blessed Peter could not escape the danger of frailty.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.