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Commentary on Matthew (fragments)

Commentarii in Matthaeum · Εἰς τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον

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Only the fragment on Matthew 5:31 (the bill of divorce) is staged. PG 72 prints no fragment on Matthew 19:3-12 (it has Matthew 19:24 and 19:29 only).

  1. 5.31On Matt 5:31–32: putting away a chaste wife exposes her to a second marriage that is a kind of adultery, because before God a marriage is dissolved not by divorce papers but by the wrongful deed.

About this work

Author
Cyril of Alexandria
Attribution
authentic · The Matthew fragments of PG 72 come from catenae (Cramer, Mai); the attribution of individual fragments to Cyril is that of the catena headings.
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.
Date
ca. 412-444 (approximate) · Cyril's commentary is preserved only in fragments; no firmer date is known.
Written at
Alexandria, Egypt (probable)
Language
Greek
Genre
commentary
Reference system
Matthew chapter.verse of the lemma that the fragment explains (PG 72 prints the fragments in the order of the Gospel).
SBL abbreviation
Comm. Matt.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG 5206 (not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca, vol. 72 (Paris, 1857-1866), cols. 365-474 (fragments from the catenae of Corderius and Possinus, with fragments from Cramer, Catenae in Evangelia, and Mai, Nova Patrum Bibliotheca 2) (Printed edition (Migne, 1857-1866) in the public domain; Greek text from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek OCR of a library copy)
Critical editions
J. A. Cramer, ed., Catenae Graecorum Patrum in Novum Testamentum, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1840) (cited, not reproduced)