Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:38–42: Augustine of Hippo

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CommentAugustine of HippoPublic domainMatthew 5:38–42

For with more benefit is food taken from the hungry, if certainty of provision causes him to neglect righteousness, than that food should be supplied to him that he may consent to a deed of violence and wrong.

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Also cites: Epist., 93, 2

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