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Works Augustine of Hippo (354-430) De sermone Domini in monte l. ii Our Lord's Sermon On The Mount, according to Matthew
Book I.
Chapter XIX.

60.

It is carefully to be observed that every tunic 1 is a garment, 2 but that every garment is not a tunic. Hence the word garment means more than the word tunic. And therefore I think it is so expressed, "And if any one will sue thee at the law, and take away thy tunic, let him have thy garment also," as if He had said, Whoever wishes to take away thy tunic, give over to him whatever other clothing thou hast. And so some have interpreted the word pallium, which in the Greek as used here is himation.


  1. English version, "coat." ↩

  2. English version, "cloak." ↩

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Our Lord's Sermon On The Mount, according to Matthew

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