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The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, Volume 1: S. Matthew’s Gospel—Chaps. 1 to 9 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume 1 of The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide provides verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew, chapters 1–9. In the general preface à Lapide addresses: • The excellence and majesty of the Gospels. • The number, order, agreement, and discrepancies of the Gospels. • The different versions of the Gospels. • The title prefixed to Saint Matthew’s Gospel. •...

They who were with Christ chanted forth—“Thou hast conquered Julian, thou hast conquered.” And they who were with the Blessed Virgin replied—“Blessed art thou, Basilissa, who hast despised earthly marriage, and prepared thyself for eternal glory.” Wherefore Julian was the spiritual ancestor of innumerable believers in Christ and martyrs, and Basilissa, by word and example, was the mother of innumerable virgins of Christ. Also S. Henry I., or as some say, II., Emperor of Germany led such a life with
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