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Catena Aurea on Luke 1:34–35: Gregory of Nyssa

Russian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX · Public domainRussian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX

CommentGregory of NyssaPublic domainLuke 1:34–35

Hear the chaste words of the Virgin. The Angel tells her she shall bear a son, but she rests upon her virginity, deeming her inviolability a more precious thing than the Angel’s declaration. Hence she says, Seeing that I know not a man.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

Also cites: Orat. in Diem Nat. Christi.

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