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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 24:36–41: 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 24:36–41

That He says that the “Father knoweth,” implies that in the Father the Son also knows. For what can there be in time which was not made by the Word, seeing that time itself was made by the Word!

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

Also cites: Serm., 97, 1

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