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Jerome, on Matt 5:33
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 5:33 · Douay-Rheims
“Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.”
On this verse:
“This was allowed under the Law, as to children; as they offered sacrifice to God, that they might not do it to idols, so they were permitted to swear by God; not that the thing was right, but that it were better done to God than to dæmons.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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