New Testament Ib: Matthew 14

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The patristic commentary tradition on Matthew begins with Origen’s pioneering twenty-five-volume commentary on the First Gospel in the mid-third century. In the Latin-speaking West, where commentaries did not appear until about a century later, the first commentary on Matthew was written by Hilary of Poitiers in the mid-fourth century. From that point, the First Gospel became one of the texts...

: Those who do not love lose the love they have (GREGORY THE GREAT). One who is given a gift of preaching or teaching is given it so others may profit from it. If people do not use this gift, they will lose it. But one who uses the gift diligently will gain even more of the gift in abundance, even as the inactive recipient will lose what he or she received (CHRYSOSTOM). The risen Christ, entrusting his gifts to his servants the church, returns to receive an account. The five talents may be

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