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Patristic A.D. 367 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:6

Hilary of Poitiers, on Matt 5:6

Hilary of Poitiers · c. A.D. 310–367

Matt 5:6 · Douay-Rheims

“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.”

On this verse:

“The blessedness which He appropriates to those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shews that the deep longing of the saints for the doctrine of God shall receive perfect replenishment in heaven; then they shall be filled.”

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