Catena Fidei

Search

Search arguments, verses, authorities and passages

Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on Luke 4:38–39: Cyril of Alexandria

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentCyril of AlexandriaPublic domainLuke 4:38–39

Now see how Christ abides in the house of a poor man, suffering poverty of His own will for our sakes, that we might learn to visit the poor, and despise not the destitute and needy. It follows: And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever: and they besought him for her.

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

Read the full text

Connections

Part of · 1

Comments on · 2

Around this entry

Open the whole map
  • Passages
  • Documents
  • Old Testament verses
  • New Testament verses
  • Authorities
  • Favorites
  • prefigures → fulfilled
  • taught → disciple · succeeded →

Hover to trace, click to select, double-click to open.