“For wherever the Holy Spirit is present, He makes men of gold out of men of clay.”
For wherever the Holy Spirit is present, He makes men of gold out of men of clay.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily IV (on Acts II. 1, 2)
On Pentecost, explaining how the same men who ran from the courtyard came to stand in the street and preach.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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