Patristic A.D. 604
“(ubi sup.) Otherwise; The five talents denote the gift of the five senses, that is, the knowledge of things without; the two signify understanding and action, the one talent understanding only.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:14-30
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗