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Origen, on Matt 23:32
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
Matt 23:32 · Douay-Rheims
“Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.”
On this verse:
“They fill up the measure of their fathers’ sins by their not believing in Christ. And the cause of their unbelief was, that they looked only to the letter and the body, and would understand nothing spiritual in them.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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