What did the Centurion mean by ' the word '?
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From St. Thomas Aquinas's Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) on Mt. 8:8:
St. Jerome: The thoughtfulness of the centurion appears herein, that he saw the Divinity hidden beneath the covering of body; wherefore he adds, "But speak the word only, and my servant will be healed."
St. Hilary: Also he therefore says that it needed only a word to heal his son, because all the salvation of the Gentiles is of faith, and the life of them all is in the precepts of the Lord. Therefore he continues saying, "For I am a man set under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it."
St. Jerome uses verbum in his translation. The Greek uses λόγος.
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