Mark 3:16 (WEB)
Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
Catechism · 4
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
“The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 3:14-19; Lk 6:12-16; 1 Tim 3:1-13; 2 Tim 1:6; Titus 1:5-9; St. Clement of Rome, Ad Cor. 42, 4; 44, 3: PG 1, 292-293; 300.
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 3:13-19.
“Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve;” — Catechism footnote: Cf Mk 3:16; 9:2; Lk 24:34; I Cor 15:5.
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit
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“From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mk 1:16-20; 3:13-19; Mt 13:10-17; Lk 10:17-20; 22:28-30.
Fathers and councils · 21
Eusebius of Caesarea
“Our Saviour and Lord, not long after the beginning of his ministry, called the twelve apostles, and these alone of all his disciples he named apostles, as an especial honor.” — editor's note: See Matt. x. 1–4; Mark iii. 14–19; Luke vi. 13–16
Read the whole comment“The names of the apostles of our Saviour are known to every one from the Gospels.” — editor's note: See Matt. x. 2–4; Luke vi. 13–16; Mark iii. 14–19
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and tells us how James and John were called the sons of thunder, merely on the ground that in that passage he has recorded the fact that He surnamed him Peter.” — editor's note: Mark iii. 16–19.
Read the whole commentChapter III.—Of the Question Whether Mark’s Reports of the Repeated Occasions on Which the Name of Peter Was Brought into Prominence are Not at Variance with the Statement Which John Has Given Us of the Particular…
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
After having forbidden the evil spirits to preach Him, He chose holy men, to cast out the unclean spirits, and to preach the Gospel. Wherefore it is said, “And He went up into a mountain, &c.”
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Luke, however, says that He went up to pray, for after the shewing forth of miracles He prays, teaching us that we should give thanks, when we obtain any thing good, and refer it to Divine grace.
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He also instructs the Prelates of the Church to pass the night in prayer before they ordain, that their office be not impeded. When therefore, according to Luke, it was day, He called whom He would; for there were…
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For it was not a matter of their choice and zeal, but of Divine condescension and grace, that they should be called to the Apostleship. The mount also in which the Lord chose His Apostles, shews the lofty…
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Or spiritually, Christ is the mount, from which living waters flow, and milk is procured for the health of infants; whence the spiritual feast of fat things is made known, and whatsoever is believed to be most highly…
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For as a sacrament of this the children of Israel once used to encamp about the Tabernacle, so that on each of the four sides of the square three tribes were stationed. Now three times four are twelve, and in three…
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Further, He gives the names of the Apostles, that the true Apostles might be known, so that men might avoid the false. And therefore it continues: “And Simon He surnamed Cephas.”
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But let no one suppose that Simon now received his name and was called Peter, for thus he would make Mark contrary to John, who relates that it had been long before said unto him, “Thou shalt be called Cephas.” [John…
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And the reason that the Lord willed that he should at first be called otherwise, was that from the change itself of the name, a mystery might be conveyed to us. Peter then in Latin or in Greek means the same thing as…
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Thus from obedience, which Simon signifies, the ascent is made to knowledge, which is meant by Peter. It goes on: “And James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.”
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We must connect this with what went before, “He goeth up into a mountain, and calleth.” Pseudo-Jerome, Gen. 27:36 see Catena Aurea, Matt. 10:2: Namely, James who has supplanted all the desires of the flesh, and John,…
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He calls the sons of Zebedee by this name, because they were to spread over the world the mighty and illustrious decrees of the Godhead. Pseudo-Jerome; Or by this the lofty merit of the three mentioned above is…
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For Andrew is a Greek name, which means ‘manly,’ from (greek word), that is, man, for he manfully adhered to the Lord. There follows, “And Philip.”
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Or, ‘the mouth of a lamp,’ that is, one who can throw light by his mouth upon what he has conceived in his heart, to whom the Lord gave the opening of a mouth, which diffused light. We know that this mode of speaking…
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But Thaddaeus is the same person, as Luke calls in the Gospel and in the Acts, Jude of James, for he was the brother of James, the brother of the Lord, as he himself has written in his Epistle. There follows, “And…
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Whom he reckons amongst the Apostles, that we may learn that God does not repel any man for wickedness, which is future, but counts him worthy on account of his present virtue.
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But Simon in interpreted, ‘laying aside sorrow;’ for “blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.” [Matt 5:4] And he is called Canaanite, that is, Zealot, because the zeal of the Lord ate him up. But…
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Catechism §552.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Catechism §551.
Cited together in Catechism §551.
Cited together in Catechism §551.
Cited together in Catechism §552.
Cited together in Catechism §552.
Cited together in Church History I.10.
Cited together in Catechism §552.
Cited together in Catechism §552.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 3:13–19 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 3:13–19 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 3:13–19 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §552.