Or else the disciples are likened to old garments on account of the infirmity of their minds, on which it was not fitting to impose the heavy command of fasting.
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Catena Aurea on Mark 2:18–22: Theophylact of Ohrid
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754
CommentTheophylact of OhridPublic domainMark 2:18–22
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