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The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, Volume 5: S. John’s Gospel—Chaps. 1 to 11 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume 5 of The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide provides verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel According to John, chapters 1–11. Lapide provides an in-depth introduction to the life and Gospel of John, and also discusses the contributions to the study of John’s Gospel from numerous Church Fathers, such as S. Jerome, Baronius, S. Cyril, S. Augustine, S. John Chrysostom, S. Euthymius, and...

Cyril, Bernard, and others say. Therefore there was no blame attaching to her. Therefore Christ did not really blame her. And yet He seems to reprove her, that He might teach, not her, but us, that in things pertaining to God, and miracles, parents have no right or authority. They must not be done in accordance with their affections and desires, but only for God and charity’s sake. The meaning, therefore, is this, “Thou, O Mother, in this matter, art not My Mother, but as it were another woman. For,
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