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Patristic Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:43-48

Pseudo-Chrysostom, on Matt 5:43

Matt 5:43 · Douay-Rheims
“You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy.”
On this verse:
“As that, Thou shalt not lust, was not spoken to the flesh, but to the spirit, so in this the flesh indeed is not able to love its enemy, but the spirit is able; for the love and hate of the flesh is in the sense, but of the spirit is in the understanding. If then we feel hate to one who has wronged us, and yet will not to act upon that feeling, know that our flesh hates our enemy, but our soul loves him.”

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

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