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Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 5:1
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Matt 5:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.”
On this verse:
“(de Serm. Dom. in Mont. i. 1.) Or, He ascends the mountain to shew that the precepts of righteousness given by God through the Prophets to the Jews, who were yet under the bondage of fear, were the lesser commandments; but that by His own Son were given the greater commandments to a people which He had determined to deliver by love.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.