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Patristic A.D. 420 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:4

Jerome, on Matt 5:4

Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420

Matt 5:4 · Douay-Rheims

“Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.”

On this verse:

“For the mourning here meant is not for the dead by common course of nature, but for the dead in sins, and vices. Thus Samuel mourned for Saul, thus the Apostle Paul mourned for those who had not performed penance after uncleanness.”

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