Then there arose a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
What kind of type and representation did he make the child he had taken? He made the child a representation of an innocent and humble life. The mind of a child is empty of fraud, and his heart is sincere. His thoughts are simple. He does not covet rank and does not know what is meant by one man being higher than another is…. Christ brought forward the child as a pattern of simplicity and innocence, and set him by him. He showed him as in an object lesson, that he accepts and loves those who are like the child. He thinks they are worthy of standing at his side, as being likeminded with him and anxious to walk in his steps. Commentary on Luke, Homily
