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Theophylact of Ohrid — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 11:11-14

Orthodox 1107
Theophylact of Ohrid · c. 1055–1107
“Wishing to shew His disciples that if He chose He could in a moment exterminate those who were about to crucify Him. In a mystical sense, however, the Lord entered into the temple, but came out of it again, to shew that He left it desolate, and open to the spoiler.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 11:11-14 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗

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