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Hilary of Poitiers — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:1-9

Patristic A.D. 367
Hilary of Poitiers · c. A.D. 310–367
“Or by the ass and the colt is shewn the twofold calling from among the Gentiles. For the Samaritans did serve after a certain fashion of obedience, and they are signified by the ass; but the other Gentiles wild and unbroken are signified by the colt. Therefore two are sent to loose them that are bound by the chains of error; Samaria believed through Philip, and Cornelius as the first-fruits of the Gentiles was brought by Peter to Christ.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:1-9 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗

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