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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:1–13: 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 25:1–13

Or otherwise; “While they went to buy,” that is, while they turned themselves to things without, and sought to find pleasure in things they had been accustomed to, because they knew not inward joys, came He that judges; and they “that were ready,” i.e. they whose conscience bore witness to them before God, “went in with him to the wedding,” i.e. to where the pure soul is united prolific to the pure and perfect word of God.

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