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Remigius of Auxerre, on Matt 10:1
Remigius of Auxerre · c. A.D. 841–908
Matt 10:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.”
On this verse:
“The Evangelist had related above that the Lord exhorted His disciples to pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into His vineyard; and He now seems to be fulfilling what He had exhorted them to. For the number twelve is a perfect number, being made up of the number six, which has perfection because it is formed of its own parts, one, two, three, multiplied into one another; and the number six when doubled amounts to twelve.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Matthew
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