Matthew 1:9 (NIV): What the Church Fathers Said

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What the Fathers say

Matthew 1:9

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Thomas Aquinas

Uzziah was the father of Jotham, which is taken to mean perfect, and it signifies Christ, through whom the Church grows perfect daily. And so it was that Uzziah was the father of Jotham, because those who act bravely make continual progress: "They will go from virtue to virtue" (Ps 84:8). …

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Rabanus Maurus

Or, 'embracing,' because None knoweth the Father but the Son. (Matt. 11:27.)

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