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Basil the Great
Catena Aurea · Lukasevangelium 1
Lk 1, Verses 54–55English original
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
(non occ.) For by Israel she means not Israel after the flesh, whom their own title made noble, but the spiritual Israel, which retained the name of faith, straining their eyes to see God by faith.