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Acts 10:14 (WEB)
But Peter said, “Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”

Fathers and councils · 7

Origen, Against Celsus II.1Book II
“And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call thou not common.”” — editor's note: Cf. Acts x. 9–15.
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Origen, Against Celsus V.49Book V
“And these distinctions were signs of certain things until the advent of Jesus; after whose coming it was said to His disciple, who did not yet comprehend the doctrine concerning these matters, but who said, “Nothing that is common or unclean hath entered into my mouth,” “What God hath cleansed, call not thou common.”” — editor's note: Cf. Acts x. 14.
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18
“And being on the housetop in a trance, he saw heaven opened, and by means of the vessel let down as it were a sheet full of beasts of every shape and sort, he learnt plainly to call no man common or unclean, though he should be of the Greeks.” — editor's note: Acts x. 11–16.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 51
“Why, so strong was the feeling of scruple about the meats, that even after the resurrection Peter said, “Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 14.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 125
“For through the mercy of God you have already put your hand to the plough; you have already gone up upon the housetop like the apostle Peter.” — editor's note: Acts x. 3–16.
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Tertullian, On Patience Chapter 8
“When, then, on being cursed, I smite (with my tongue,) how shall I be found to have followed the doctrine of the Lord, in which it has been delivered that “a man is defiled, not by the defilements of vessels, but of the things which are sent forth out of his mouth.”” — editor's note: Communicari—κοινοῦσθαι. See Mark vii. 15, “made common,” i.e. profane, unclean. Compare Acts x. 14, 15 in the Greek.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.1Book II
“And the voice came again to him the second time, What God hath cleansed, call not thou common.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 10–15.
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