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

Catena Aurea on Matthew 16:13–19: Hilary of Poitiers

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

CommentHilary of PoitiersPublic domainMatthew 16:13–19

Otherwise; He is blessed, because to have looked and to have seen beyond human sight is matter of praise, not beholding that which is of flesh and blood, but seeing the Son of God by the revelation of the heavenly Father; and he was held worthy to be the first to acknowledge the divinity which was in Christ.

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