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Volume 13 · p. 60
Sermon XII. On the Epiphany of the Lord
Sermo XII.
In Epiphania Domini.
Intrantes domum, invenerunt puerum cum Maria matre ejus, et procidentes adoraverunt eum: et apertis thesauris suis obtulerunt ei munera, aurum, thus, et myrrham. Matth. ii, 11.
In praesenti Evangelio quinque principaliter occurrunt consideranda:
I. Qui sint, qui cum muneribus venerunt? II. Quae sit stella, quam secuti fuerunt? III. Quae sit domus, quam introiverunt? IV. Quis sit ille, quem in domo invenerunt? V. Quae sint munera, quae obtulerunt?
I.
De primo nota, quod illi, qui cum muneribus venerunt ad puerum Jesum, dicuntur esse Reges et sapientes. Magus enim idem est quod sapiens. Quod autem hi tres Magi, qui cum muneribus venerunt, Reges fuerint, haberi potest ex Psal. lxxi, 10 et 11, ubi dicitur: Reges Tharsis, et insulae, etc. Tota etiam Ecclesia testatur eos Reges fuisse. Quod etiam fuerint Magi, id est sapientes, dicitur Matth. ii, 1: Cum natus esset Jesus in Bethlehem Juda, in diebus Herodis Regis, ecce Magi ab Oriente venerunt, etc. Magi igitur fuerunt, id est, valde sapientes, quos enim Graeci Philosophos nuncupant, Persae Magos appellant. Erant autem
Sermon XII.
On the Epiphany of the Lord.
Entering the house, they found the boy with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and when their treasures had been opened, they offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11.
In the present Gospel five things principally occur to be considered:
I. Who are those who came with gifts? II. What is the star that they followed? III. What is the house that they entered? IV. Who is that one whom they found in the house? V. What are the gifts that they offered?
I.
Concerning the first, note that those who came with gifts to the boy Jesus are said to be kings and wise men. For magus is the same as wise man. But that these three Magi who came with gifts were kings can be gathered from Psalm 71:10 and 11, where it is said: The kings of Tarshish and the islands, etc. The whole Church also testifies that they were kings. That they were also Magi, that is, wise men, is said in Matthew 2:1: When Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of King Herod, behold, Magi came from the East, etc. Therefore they were Magi, that is, very wise; for those whom the Greeks call philosophers, the Persians call Magi. But they were
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