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Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:14–30: Jerome

Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606 · Galleria Borghese, Rome · Public domainCaravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606, Galleria Borghese, Rome

CommentJeromePublic domainMatthew 25:14–30

“He that had received five talents,” that is, having received his bodily senses, he doubled his knowledge of heavenly things, from the creature understanding the Creator, from earthly unearthly, from temporal the eternal.

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