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Patristic A.D. 430 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 9:1-7

Augustine of Hippo, on John 9:1

Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
John 9:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth:”
On this verse:
“(Tr. xliv. 1, 2) For the blind man here is the human race. Blindness came upon the first man by reason of sin: and from him we all derive it: i. e. man is blind from his birth.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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