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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:26: 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 26:26

Let us not eat Christ’s flesh only in the Sacrament, for that do many wicked men, but let us eat to spiritual participation, that we may abide as members in the Lord’s body, that we may be quickened by His Spirit.

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

Also cites: in Joan. Tr., 27, 11

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