Mark 1:26 (WEB)
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Catechism · 1
“Jesus performed exorcisms and from him the Church has received the power and office of exorcizing.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 1:25-26; 3:15; 6:7, 13; 16:17.
Fathers and councils · 15
Augustine of Hippo
“In these things, moreover, Luke is in accord with him.” — editor's note: Matt. iv. 13, vii. 29; Mark i. 16–31; Luke iv. 31–39.
Read the whole comment“Art thou come to destroy us?” and so on, down to the passage where we read, “And He preached in the synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.”” — editor's note: Mark i. 22–39.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
Since by the envy of the devil death first entered into the world, it was right that the medicine of healing should first work against the author of death; and therefore it is said, “And there was in their synagogue…
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The word, Spirit, is applied to an Angel, the air, the soul, and even the Holy Ghost. Lest therefore by the sameness of the name we should fall into error, he adds, “unclean.” And he is called unclean on account of…
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Moreover, how great is the power which the lowliness of God, appearing in the form of a servant, has over the pride of devils, the devils themselves know so well, that they express it to the same Lord clothed in the…
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For the devils, seeing the Lord on the earth, thought that they were immediately to be judged.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
Or else the devil so speaks, as if he said, ‘by taking away uncleanness, and giving to the souls of men divine knowledge, Thou allowest us no place in men.’
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
For to come out of man the devil considers as his own perdition; for devils are ruthless, thinking that they suffer some evil, so long as they are not troubling men. There follows, “I know that Thou art the Holy One…
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As if he said, Methinks that Thou art come; for he had not a firm and certain knowledge of the coming of God. But he calls Him “holy” not as one of many, for every prophet was also holy, but he proclaims that the was…
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For He was known to them in that degree in which He wished to be known; and He wished as much as was fitting. He was not known to them as to the holy Angels, who enjoy Him by partaking of His eternity according as He…
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Further, the Truth did not wish to have the witness of unclean spirits. Wherefore there follows, “And Jesus threatened him, saying, &c.” Whence a healthful precept is given to us; let us not believe devils, howsoever…
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That they might know, when they saw it, from how great an evil the man was freed, and on account of the miracle might believe.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
But it may appear to be a discrepancy, that he should have gone out of him, tearing him, or, as some copies have it, vexing him, when, according to Luke, he did not hurt him. But Luke himself says, “When He had cast…
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
For those things which men wonder at they soon divulge, for “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” [Matt. 12:34]
Read the whole comment - JeromeCatena Aurea on Mark
Moreover, Capernaum is mystically interpreted the town of consolation, and the sabbath as rest. The man with an evil spirit is healed by rest and consolation, that the place and time may agree with his healing. This…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Catechism §1673.
Cited together in Catechism §1673.
Cited together in Catechism §1673.
Cited together in Catechism §1673.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:23–28 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 1:23–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 1:23–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Mark 1:23–28 (Catena Aurea).