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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on Luke 2:39–41: Cyril of Alexandria

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentCyril of AlexandriaPublic domainLuke 2:39–41

Rightly with the growth in age, St. Luke has united increase in wisdom, as he says, And he was strengthened, (i. e. in spirit.) For in proportion to the measure of bodily growth, the Divine nature developed its own wisdom.

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