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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1–3: 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 5:1–3

The chief good is the only motive of philosophical enquiry; but whatever confers blessedness, that is the chief good; therefore He begins, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.”

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

Also cites: City of God, book 19, ch. 1

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