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Pseudo-Chrysostom, on Matt 1:1
Matt 1:1 · Douay-Rheims
“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:”
On this verse:
“(Homil. in Matt. Hom. i.) Matthew wrote for the Jews, and in Hebrewa; to them it was unnecessary to explain the divinity which they recognized; but necessary to unfold the mystery of the Incarnation. John wrote in Greek for the Gentiles who knew nothing of a Son of God. They required therefore to be told first, that the Son of God was God, then that this Deity was incarnate.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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