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Ambrose of Milan
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.
(in Luc. ii. 5.) St. Matthew has beautifully taught how a righteous man ought to act, who has detected his wife’s disgrace; so as at once to keep himself guiltless of her blood, and yet pure from her defilements; therefore it is he says, Being a just man. Thus is preserved throughout in Joseph the gracious character of a righteous man, that his testimony may be the more approved; for, the tongue of the just speaketh the judgment of truth.