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Patristic A.D. 367 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 19:10-12

Hilary of Poitiers, on Matt 19:10

Hilary of Poitiers · c. A.D. 310–367
Matt 19:10 · Douay-Rheims
“His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.”
On this verse:
“The cause in one item he assigns nature; in the next violence, and in the last his own choice, in him, namely, that determined to be so from hope of the kingdom of heaven.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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