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Jerome
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 5
Mt 5, 14English original
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
He instructs them what should be the boldness of their preaching, that as Apostles they should not be hidden through fear, like lamps under a corn-measure, but should stand forth with all confidence, and what they have heard in the secret chambers, that declare upon the house tops.