A citation from the library
Jerome, on Matt 23:15
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 23:15 · Douay-Rheims
“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.”
On this verse:
“Or, because before while he was a Gentile he erred in ignorance, and was only a child of hell; but seeing the vices of his masters, and understanding that they destroyed in their actions what they taught in words, he returns to his vomit, and becoming a Gentile, he is worthy of greater punishment as one that has deserted his cause.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.