[Rank]
Nativitate Beatae Máriae Virginis;;Duplex II classis cum Octava simplici;;5.1;;ex C11

[Rank] (rubrica 196)
Nativitate Beatae Máriae Virginis;;Duplex II classis cum Octava simplici;;5;;ex C11

[Lectio7]
Evangélium szent Máté Apostol kőnyvéből
!Matt 1:1-17
Jézus Krisztus, Dávid fiának, Ábrahám fiának nemzetségtáblája. Ábrahám nemzette Izsákot, Izsák nemzette Jákobot És így tovább.
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Homily by St Jerome, Priest (at Bethlehem.)
!Bk. i. Comm. on Matth.
In Isaiah (liii. 8) we read: „Who shall declare His generation?” Let us not think that there is any contradiction between the Prophet and the Evangelist, because the Prophet saith that this thing cannot be done, and the Evangelist beginneth by doing it. The one speaketh of the generation of the Divine (Word by the Eternal Father,) the other of the (family in which the) Incarnation (took place.) Matthew beginneth with carnal things, that by learning of men we may go on to learn of God. „The Son of David, the son of Abraham.” The reversal of the order in these clauses is a needful change. If Abraham had been put first and David afterwards, Abraham would have had to be taken again, in order to marshal the pedigree properly.