On the Lord's Sermon on the Mount
Augustine's commentary on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), containing his teaching on the beatitude of peacemakers and wisdom.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— Quoted on the beatitude of peacemakers and wisdom
"befits the peaceful, in whom all things are now ordered, and no motion is rebellious against reason, but all things obey the spirit of man, since he himself obeys God."