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Theodotus of Ancyra, on Matt 2:3
Theodotus of Ancyra · d. c. A.D. 446
Matt 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.”
On this verse:
“(Serm. 1. ap. Conc. Eph.) Had He chosen the mighty city of Rome, it might have been thought that this change of the world had been wrought by the might of her citizens; had He been the son of the emperor, his power might have aided Him. But what was His choice? All that was mean, all that was in low esteem, that in this transformation of the world, divinity might at once be recognized. Therefore He chose a poor woman for His mother, a poor country for His native country; He has no money, and this stable is His cradle.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.