Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V

while he, though speaking more perspicuously as no longer prophesying, but pointing out as now present, Him, who was proclaimed symbolically from the beginning, nevertheless said, "I am not worthy to loose the latchet of the Lord's shoe."[107]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

I am worthless, and the least; but "after me there comes One who is before me"[388]

Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily

I acknowledge my own servitude, I proclaim Thy glorious greatness, I recognise Thy perfect lordship, I recognise my own perfect insignificance, I am not worthy to unloose the latchets of Thy shoes;[14]

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