Galatians 4:26 Douay-Rheims

But that Jerusalem, which is above, is free: which is our mother.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

Those therefore, who are born of her are not bondmen. Thus the type of the Jerusalem below was Hagar, as is plain from the mountain being so called; but of that which is above is the Church. Nevertheless he is not content with these types, but adds the testimony of Isaiah to what he has spoken...

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A.D. 407 · on Gal 4:26 (Homily on Galatians 4)

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