COMMENTARY
upon
THE GOSPEL OF S. MARK.
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INTRODUCTION.
" MARK," says S. Jerome in his _Catalogue of Ecclesiastical Writers_,
"was a disciple and interpreter of S. Peter. At the request of the
brethren at Rome, he wrote a short Gospel, based upon what he had
heard S. Peter relate.... [ Continue Reading ]
_John was in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of
penance unto remission of sins_. That this remission was to be
received from Christ and His baptism, which was the perfection and
consummation of John's baptism. For Christ. as it were the King of
Heaven, preached that the kingdom must... [ Continue Reading ]
_And after that John was delivered up_, &c. This was the second coming
of Christ from Judæa into Galilee, that He might flee from Herod,
lest he should cast Him also into prison. For Christ had been
preaching and baptizing in Judæa. And the increase of His glory there
had excited the envy of the Scr... [ Continue Reading ]
_What new doctrine is this_, &c. "What is this heavenly and divine
doctrine, which indeed God confirms from heaven by so many and such
mighty miracles? For Christ, the Teacher of this doctrine, not by
prayers, but of His mere power, and by His command only, orders the
devils to go out, _and they obe... [ Continue Reading ]