And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
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Basil the Great
AD 379
The heavenly spirits visit us, not as it seems fit to them, but as the occasion conduces to our advantage, for they are ever looking upon the glory and fullness of the Divine Wisdom;; hence it follows, The angel Gabriel was sent.