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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:55–58: 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 26:55–58

And also that the Church should follow, i.e. imitate, the Lord’s Passion, but with great difference. For the Church suffers for itself, but Christ for the Church.

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

Also cites: Quaest. Ev., i, 46

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