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Medieval A.D. 856 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1-3

Rabanus Maurus, on Matt 5:1

Rabanus Maurus · c. A.D. 780–856

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:

“Mystically, this sitting down of Christ is His incarnation; had He not taken flesh on Him, mankind could not have come unto Him.”

PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew check against source ↗

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