And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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Jerome
AD 420
In heaven, where there is no discord, glory rules. On earth, where every day is warfare, peace prevails. Peace among whom? Among men. Why are the Gentiles without peace? Why, too, the Jews? That is exactly the reason for the qualification: Peace among men of good will, among those who acknowledge the birth of Christ. .
