“In a priest of Christ mouth, mind, and hand should be at one.”
In a priest of Christ mouth, mind, and hand should be at one.
Jerome · Letters · NPNF2 VI, Letters, Letter LII, 7
The end of a passage imagining what a congregation thinks when a well-fed preacher recommends fasting: "As well might a robber accuse others of covetousness."
How this is known
These words were matched, word for word, against this project’s own copy of the volume cited.
Read in Fremantle, Lewis & Martley, NPNF series 2 vol. 6 (1893) · W. H. Fremantle, M.A., with G. Lewis and W. G. Martley
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