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Saint Augustine in His Study (detail), Sandro Botticelli

Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:8: 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 5:8

But if spiritual eyes in the spiritual body shall be able only to see so much as they we now have can see, undoubtedly God will not be able to be seen of them.

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

Also cites: City of God, book 22, ch. 29

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