The Gospel According to Peter

From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.

• "Christ himself appears to Mary Magdalene to reprove the disciple's incredulity."

• "And we should study to comfort disciples that are mourners, by telling them whatever we have seen of Christ."

• "If they drink any deadly thing - But not by their own choice. God never calls us to try any such experiments."

• "Once more, baptism is a refreshment to Faith"

• "To a woman was this honor given to be the first that saw the risen Redeemer, and that woman was not his virgin-mother."

• "If their eyes were influenced, of course, optically speaking, Jesus would appear in another form."

• "What does the phrase 'end of days' mean to you?"

• "The purpose of this study is to address two questions: 1) Should Mark 16:9-20 be included in biblical exegesis and 2) If so, what are the structural features of this passage that might aid in its interpretation?"

• "I believe that the empirical evidence supports the view that the Long Ending was contained in the Gospel of Mark in the form in which it was first produced for distribution in the church, and that it was accepted as Scripture everywhere except in one Egyptian locale (probably Alexandria), where - due to an accident or a copyist's misinterpretation - it was temporarily lost."

• "It is to our churches, and to us as we are, that the Great Commission is entrusted today. It is up to us to receive it and be faithful to it. We count with the promise of the last mandate: "I am with you always, to the end of the age.""