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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
The Synagogue has not this oil, inasmuch as she has not the olive, and understood not that dove which brought back the olive branch after the deluge. For that Dove descended afterwards when Christ was baptized, and abode upon Him, as John testified in the Gospel, saying: "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He abode upon Him." But how could he see the Dove, who saw not Him, upon Whom the Spirit descended like a dove?
Bede
After [the raven] he sent a dove, and it came to him in the evening, carrying in its mouth an olive branch with green leaves. You are paying attention, I believe, and with your intellect you anticipate me as I speak. The olive branch with green leaves is the grace of the Holy Spirit, rich in the words of life, the fullness of which rests upon Christ, [as] the psalm says, "God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." Concerning this gift given to Christ's fellows, John speaks: "You have the anointing …
Homilies on the Gospels, HOMILY XI. ON THE FEAST DAY OF THEOPHANY ↗
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