Prologue to the Tractates on Matthew

Tractatus in Matthaeum, prologus

Written between 388 and 407, perhaps after 397, probably in Aquileia, Italy. The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

The opening of his commentary on Matthew, on why there are four Gospels and who wrote each one.

Commentary · first written in Latin

English by Stephen C. Carlson (2005), prologue only.

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure: No date is on the text; the range is his time as bishop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatius). Scholars usually put the Tractates after 397 (J. Lemarié, CCSL 9A)
Place written probable: The Tractates are the teaching of the bishop for his own church (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatius); site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/187290