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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:
“(Id. de Serm. in Mont. i. 1.) Augmentation of ‘spirit’ generally implies insolence and pride. For in common speech the proud are said to have a great spirit, and rightly—for wind is a spirit, and who does not know that we say of proud men that they are ‘swollen,’ ‘puffed up.’ Here therefore by poor in spirit are rightly understood ‘lowly,’ ‘fearing God,’ not having a puffed up spirit.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.