"his Word . . . tells us of him who surpasses all telling"

"The Father is beyond our sight and comprehension; but he is known by his Word, who tells us of him who surpasses all telling."

"Patrem quidem invisíbilem et indeterminabilem, quantum ad nos est, cognoscit suum ipsius Verbum, et cum sit inenarrabilis, ipse enarrat eum nobis:"

     St. Irenaeus, Adv. haer. IV.vi.3 (the numbering systems vary), as trans. Liturgy of the hours, Office of readings, Wednesday of Week 1 in Ordinary time.

"Jesus is not portrayed as friend to sex workers in any first- or second-century text"

"Having shown that Jesus is not portrayed as friend to sex workers in any first- or second-century text, I have looked to medieval fiction for the source of this misunderstanding[,] . . . [which] is medieval preaching and fiction."

     Anthony Le Donne, "Did Jesus befriend sex workers?," Journal for the study of the historical Jesus 20 (2022):  155 (147-155).