Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:32: Jerome

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CommentJeromePublic domainMatthew 5:32

For touching Moses’ allowance of divorce, the Lord and Saviour more fully explains in conclusion, that it was because of the hardness of the hearts of the husbands, not so much sanctioning discord, as checking bloodshed.

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