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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on John 20:26–31: Augustine of Hippo

Sandro Botticelli, Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), c. 1480 · Ognissanti, Florence · Public domainSandro Botticelli, Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), c. 1480, Ognissanti, Florence

CommentAugustine of HippoPublic domainJohn 20:26–31

You ask; If He entered by the shut door, where is the nature of His body? (ubi est modus corporis.) And I reply; If He walked on the sea, where is the weight of His body? The Lord did that as the Lord; and did He, after His resurrection, cease to be the Lord?

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

Also cites: in Serm. Tap. ad Cat. ii. 8.

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