Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 5:11

“Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:”

“(Serm. in Mont i. 5.) This I suppose was added because of those who wish to boast of persecutions and evil reports of their shame, and therefore claim to belong to Christ because many evil things are said of them; but either these are true, or when false yet they are not for Christ’s sake.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.