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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on Mark 16:1–8: Bede

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentBedePublic domainMark 16:1–8

Matthew shews clearly enough, that the stone was rolled away by an Angel. This rolling away of the stone means mystically the opening of the Christian Sacraments, which were held under the veil of the letter of the law; for the law was written on stone.

I goes on: “For it was very great.”

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

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