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The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus 41:1 Commentary

1 historical voice

How the Church has read Sirach 41:1 across two millennia — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom and more, gathered verse by verse from the public domain.

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O mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis :

Voices across the centuries

Medieval 1

Rabanus Maurus · 780 Excerpts (Historical Christian Faith …
ON ECCLESIASTICUS 9:2
The death of the flesh, which is the end of bodily life, is bitter for one who trusts in the prosperity of this world and the pursuit of riches, since he has not learned to love the joys of the future life. But since “the world and its disordered desires are passing away,” all those who love it will weep when it is no more.
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