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Jerome — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:44

Patristic A.D. 420

Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420

“That he hides it, does not proceed of envy towards others, but as one that treasures up what he would not lose, he hides in his heart that which he prizes above his former possessions.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:44 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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