And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, who said unto him,
Before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times.
And he went out, and wept bitterly.
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Leo of Rome
AD 461
Serm. 60, 4: For this reason it should seem he was permitted to waver, that the remedy of penitence might be exhibited in the head of the Church, and that none should dare to trust in his own strength, when even the blessed Peter could not escape the danger of frailty.
