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Patristic A.D. 735 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 8:34-38

Bede the Venerable, on Mark 8:34

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

Mark 8:34 · Douay-Rheims

“And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

On this verse:

“(in Marc. 3. 36) Truly it was done with a loving foresight, in order that they, having tasted for a brief moment the contemplation of everlasting joy, might with the greater strength bear up under adversity.”

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