John 13:4-5
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Alluded to within Gregory Nazianzen's account of Basil serving the poor, imitating Christ's service
"imitating the service of Christ, who girded himself with a linen cloth and was not at all reluctant to wash the feet of his disciples"