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GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE

consisting of

AN ANALYSIS OF EACH CHAPTER

and of a

COMMENTARY

critical, exegetical, doctrinal, and moral

BY HIS GRACE

THE MOST REV. DR. MacEVILLY

archbishop of tuam

SECOND EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED.

“Go ye into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be condemned.”—Mark 16:15, 16.

“And how shall they preach unless they be sent?”—Rom. 10:15.

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Letter from his Holiness Leo XIII

“Leo P.P. XIII.

“Venerabilis Frater,—Salutem et Apostolicam Benedictionem—Excepimus tuas litteras et commentaria in sacras Scripturas Novi Testamenti a te elucubrata, quæ ad Nos dono mittere voluisti. Tua quidem volumina, venerabilis frater, utpote Anglico idiomate conseripta delibare non potuimus, at delectati tamen sumus testimonio obsequii orga Nos et hanc Apostolicam Sedem, quod in hoc munere offerendo, nobis, exhibendum censuisti. Dum, itaque, Tibi gratum nostrum animum profitemur commendamus simul pium studium quod in sacris libris perscrutandis impendis, in quibus salutares et inexhausti thesauri veritatis et vitæ reconduntur, et ad virtutem ac fructum pastoralis ministerii adjumenta maxima suppeditantur. Omina autem quæ nobis obtulisti benevolo excipientes animo, Tibi ex corde adprecamur a Domino, ut ad certandum bonum certamen spiritum sapientiæ et fortitudinis abunde largiatur, ac in auspicium divinæ benignitatis, et in pignus sinceræ dilectionis Nostram Apostolicam Benedictionem peramanter impertimus.

“Datum Romæ apud S. Petrum die 30 Aprilis, An 1879, Pontificatus Nostri anno secundo.

“LEO P.P. XIII.

“Venerabili Fratri, Johanni Episcopo Galviensi,

Coadjutori Tuamensi, Galviam.”

The following is the translation:—

“Leo XIII., Pope.

“Venerable Brother,—Health and Apostolic Benediction—We have received your letter and the presentation copy of your Commentaries on the Sacred Books of the New Testament, which you were kind enough to send Us. We could not, indeed, do Ourselves the pleasure of perusing your volumes, venerable brother, as they are written in the English language; but We have, nevertheless, been gratified by the evidence of your homage to Us and to this Apostolic See, as conveyed to Us through your present. Whilst, therefore, expressing Our thanks to you, We, at the same time commend your pious and laborious researches in the investigation of the Sacred Scriptures, wherein are hidden the salutary and inexhaustible treasures of truth and life, and which furnish the greatest helps to the fruitful discharge of the duties of the pastoral office. But, in graciously accepting the solemn assurances you have given Us, We heartily ...