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An Exposition of the Epistles of St. Paul and of the Catholic Epistles, Volume 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

John MacEvilly’s exposition of the Pauline and Catholic Epistles offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.

4. His impiety and pride are here described—“Or that is worshipped,” includes everything to which religious or divine honour is paid; so that he shall be raised above every God, whether true or false, and will abolish all divine worship, which he shall have transferred to himself. By the “temple of God,” some understand the temple of Jerusalem, which he will rebuild; this is, however, an erroneous opinion, because such a temple would not be, “the temple of God.” Hence, it more probably refers to
2 Thessalonians 2:4–8
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