George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“An anathema of oblivion. That is, a gift or offering made to God, by way of an everlasting monument, to prevent the oblivion or the forgetting of so great a benefit. (Challoner) — Yet some would read (Calmet) oblationis, instead of oblivionis. (Tirinus) — Greek and Syriac say nothing of oblivion. The Scriptures, and pagan histories, are full of such monuments of gratitude, to perpetuate the memory of benefits received from above. (Calmet) — Greek, “to the Lord, all the vessels,” or furniture, chap. xv. 14. (Haydock) — Joseph called one of his sons, Manasses, because God had caused him to forget his former toils, Genesis xli. 51. (Menochius) — Judith’s husband had the same name; and this victory made her forget past sorrow. (Haydock)”