And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
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Bede
AD 735
And even to the end of the world the Lord would not cease to be conceived in Nazareth and born in Bethlehem, as often as any one of those who hear him, taking the flour of his Word, make for themselves a house of eternal bread. Daily in the virginal womb, that is, in the souls of the faithful, is he conceived by faith and brought forth by baptism.