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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 15:1–6: 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 15:1–6

The Lord here teaches us many things; That it was not He that turned the Jews from their God; that not only did He not infringe the commandments, but convicts them of infringing them; and that He had ordained no more than those by the hand of Moses.

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

Also cites: cont. Faust., xvi, 24

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