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Jerome — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 16:22-23

Patristic A.D. 420
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
“But to me this error of the Apostle, proceeding from the warmth of his affection, will never seem a suggestion of the devil. Let the thoughtful reader consider that that blessedness of power was promised to Peter in time to come, not given him at the time present; had it been conveyed to him immediately, the error of a false confession would never have found place in him.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 16:22-23 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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