Matthew 2:7 Douay-Rheims

Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;

Glossa Ordinaria

Medieval

(non occ.) According to others, the star was first seen on the day of the nativity, and having accomplished its end, ceased to be. Thus Fulgentius says, “The Boy at His birth created a new star.” (Serm. de Epiph.) Though they now knew both time and place, he still would not have them ignorant of the person of the Child, Go, he says, and enquire diligently of the young Child; a commission they would have executed even if he had not commanded it.

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as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 2:7-9

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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