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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:18–23: 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 domainMatthew 13:18–23

It is certain that the Lord spoke the things which the Evangelist has recorded; but what the Lord spake was a parable, in which it is never required that the things contained should have actually taken place.

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

Also cites: De Gen. ad lit., viii, 4

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