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Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 5:13
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Matt 5:13 · Douay-Rheims
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.”
On this verse:
“(ubi sup.) Not he that suffers persecution is trodden under foot of men, but he who through fear of persecution falls away. For we can tread only on what is below us; but he is no way below us, who however much he may suffer in the body, yet has his heart fixed in heaven.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.