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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:32: 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 5:32

If any affirm that the only fornication for which the Lord allows divorce is that of carnal sin, he may see that the Lord has spoken of believing husbands and wives, forbidding either to leave the other except for fornication.

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

Also cites: lib. 83, Quaest. q. ult.

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