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Medieval A.D. 856 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:20-22

Rabanus Maurus, on Matt 5:20

Rabanus Maurus · c. A.D. 780–856

Matt 5:20 · Douay-Rheims

“For I tell you, that unless your justice abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

On this verse:

“The Saviour here names the torments of hell, Gehenna, a name thought to be derived from a valley consecrate to idols near Jerusalem, and filled of old with dead bodies, and defiled by Josiah, as we read in the Book of Kings.”

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