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Saint Ambrose, Francisco de Zurbarán

Catena Aurea on Matthew 8:28–34: Ambrose of Milan

Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Ambrose, c. 1626–1627 · Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville · Public domainFrancisco de Zurbarán, Saint Ambrose, c. 1626–1627, Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville

CommentAmbrose of MilanPublic domainMatthew 8:28–34

The two daemoniacs are also a type of the Gentile world; for Noah having three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, Shem’s posterity alone was taken into the inheritance of God, while from the other two sprang the nations of the Gentiles.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

Also cites: Ambrosiaster, in Luc. 3. 30

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