1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Acts 9:4 | And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? | Why dost thou persecute me? My disciples, my brothers, and my friends. The head speaks for the members, and by a figure of speech, calls them itself. (St. Augustine, in Ps. xxx.) --- Here Jesus Christ identifies himself with his Church, as on a former occasion, when he said: he that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me. (Luke 10:16.) |