Matthew 5:8
Douay-Rheims
Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.
John Chrysostom
By the pure are here meant those who possess a perfect goodness, conscious to themselves of no evil thoughts, or again those who live in such temperance as is mostly necessary to seeing God according to that of St. Paul, Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God. For as there are many merciful, yet unchaste, to shew that mercy alone is not enough, he adds this concerning purity.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:8
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.