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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 3:17: 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 3:17

The Father loves the Son, but as a father should, not as a master may love a servant; and that as an own Son, not an adopted; therefore He adds, “in whom I am well-pleased.”

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

Also cites: in Joann. tr. 14. 11

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