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Augustine of Hippo, on 2Cor 11:2
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
2Cor 11:2 · Douay-Rheims
“For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.”
On this verse:
“To the same church the apostle says: "For I have promised you to one spouse, that I might present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." … The church, then, like Mary, has inviolate integrity and incorrupt fecundity. What Mary merited physically, the church has guarded spiritually, with the exception that Mary brought forth one Child, while the church has many children destined to be gathered into one body by One.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.