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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:17–22: 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 21:17–22

Or, this is to be said by each servant of God in his own case respecting the mountain of pride, to cast it from him. Or, because by Jews the Gospel was preached, the Lord Himself, who is called the mount, is by the Jews cast among the Gentiles as into a sea.

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

Also cites: Quaest. Ev., i, 29

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