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Augustine of Hippo
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 1English original
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
(cont. Fel. 13.) I know not what benefit the person of the Mediator has conferred upon us, if He redeemed not our better part, but took upon Him our flesh only, which without the soul cannot have consciousness of the benefit. But if Christ came to save that which had perished, the whole man had perished, and therefore needs a Saviour; Christ then in coming saves the whole man, taking on Him both soul and body.