Catena Aurea: Luke

twelve Apostles are said to have written; another Basilides presumed to write; and another is said to have been by Matthias. Beda in Bede; The many who are mentioned, he reckons not l^ceT so mucn hy their number, as by the variety of then manifold heresies; men who were not endued with the gift of the Holy Spirit, but engaging in a vain work, have rather set forth in order a relation of events, than woven a true history, Ambrose; Now they who have attempted to set forth these things in order have laboured by themselves, and have not succeeded in what they attempted. For without the assistance of man come the gifts and the grace of God, which, when it is infused, is wont so to flow, that the genius of the writer is not exhausted, but ever abounding. He well says therefore, Of things which have been fully accomplished among us, or which abound among us. For that which abounds is lacking to none, and no one doubts about that which is fulfilled, since the accomplishment builds up our faith, and the end manifests Tit. it. Titus Bostrensis; He says, of things, because not m ky shadows, as the heretics say, did Jesus accomplish His Lucae. advent in the flesh, but being as He was the Truth, so in Orig. very truth He performed His work. Origen; The effect in°Luc uPon his own mind, St. Luke explains by the expression, of the things which have been fully accomplished among its, i. e. have had their full manifestation among us, (as the Greek word '7rsirK^go^ogYjfj.svwv signifies, which the Latin cannot express in one word,) for he had been convinced of them by sure faith and reason, and wavered not in any thing. Chrys. Chrysostom; The Evangelist was so far from being content in°Act' Wlt *"s single testimony, that he refers the whole to the Apost. Apostles, seeking from them a confirmation of his words; °m' '" and therefore he adds, as they handed them down to us, who were themselves from the beginning eyewitnesses. Euseb. Eusebius; Luke is a sure witness, because he obtained his sup' knowledge of the truth either from St. Paul's instructions, or the instructions and traditions of the other Apostles, who were themselves eyewitnesses from the beginning. Chrys. Chrys. He says, were eyewitnesses, because this is our FUF- chief ground for believing in a thing, that we derive it from those who were actually eyewitnesses. Origen; Jt

Ver. — St. Luke. '