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Patristic A.D. 450 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 9:1-8

Peter Chrysologus, on Matt 9:1

Peter Chrysologus · c. A.D. 380–450
Matt 9:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.”
On this verse:
“(ubi sup.) Christ has no need of the vessel, but the vessel of Christ; for without heavenly pilotage the bark of the Church cannot pass over the sea of the world to the heavenly harbour.”
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