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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on John 7:14–18: 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 7:14–18

In going there too, He went up, not to the feast day, but to the light. They had gone to enjoy the pleasures of the festival, but Christ’s feast day was that on which by His Passion He redeemed the world.

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

Also cites: de Quæst. Nov. et Vet. Test. 2. 78

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