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John Chrysostom
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 19English original
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
The Evangelist having said that she was found with child of the Holy Ghost, and without knowledge of man, that you should not herein suspect Christ’s disciple of inventing wonders in honour of his Master, brings forward Joseph confirming the history by his own share in it; Now Joseph her husband, being a just man.