Then there arose a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
“Teacher, we saw one casting out devils in your name, and we forbade him.” Has the sting of envy troubled the holy disciples? Do they grudge those highly favored? Have even they taken within themselves a passion so abominable and hateful to God? “We saw one casting out devils in your name, and we forbade him.” Tell me, do you forbid one who in Christ’s name troubles Satan and crushes evil demons? Was it not your duty rather to think that he was not the doer of these wonders, but that the grace that was in him performed the miracle by the power of Christ? How do you forbid him who in Christ wins the victory? “Yes,” he says, “for he follows not with us.” O blind speech! “What if he is not numbered among the holy apostles, who are crowned with Christ’s grace, yet he is equally with you adorned with apostolic powers?” There is great diversity in Christ’s gifts. The blessed Paul teaches this, saying, “To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit.” Commentary on Luke, Homily
