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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 24:42–44: 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 24:42–44

Foolish are all they, who either profess to know the day of the end of the world, when it is to come, or even the end of their own life, which no one can know unless be is illuminated by the Holy Spirit.

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

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