Patristic A.D. 430
“(Serm. in Mont. i. 20.) Therefore in this kind of injuries which are wont to rouse vengeance Christians will observe such a mean, that hate shall not be caused by the injuries they may receive, and yet wholesome correction be not foregone by Him who has right of either counsel or power.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:38-42
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗