Matthew 25:4 Douay-Rheims

But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.

Hilary of Poitiers

c. A.D. 310–367 Patristic

The oil is the fruit of good works, the vessels are the human bodies in whose inward parts the treasure of a good conscience is to be laid up.

Source details
A.D. 367 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 25:1-13

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

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