The golden legend; or, Lives of the saints

발행: 1900년

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Baptist Here follo Geth the Decollatio os . of Baptist. It is read that the decollation o S. Jolin Baptist was stablis hed se four causes, like ast is found in the Book of Office. First for his lecollation secondiy, for the burning and gatheringogether of his bones third ly for the invention in finding of his ea&; and fourthly for theranslatio of his finger an dedicatio of the hurch. And after sonae eopte this east isianae diversely that is o say, decollation, col-ection, invention, and dedication. First, this

east is hallowed for his decollation hicli asaade in his manner. For, as it is ad in Historia Scholastica Hero Antipas, o of the Τeat Herod, en to Rome and assed by thelous of hili his brother, and egan to love theoisse of his rother, hicli a named Herodias, iis of the fame Philip his rother Aster thatosephus aith, he was sister o Herod Agrippa.Lnd wheni returned he refuse and repudiatedis Wn Wise, an secreti Wedded her o his iis, he whicli hin his iis ne meli, that he had tedde his brother's isse. An this first,ise offfero was aughter of Areth, in o Damascus,

light. And when Herod returned he ook4Wayae is o Philip his rother, and wedde her, a lesit his own. An there moved against imaeres ore Hero Agrippa, and the in Areth

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seas of his nativit the daughteri Herodias hould demand a gistis Herod for dancin and springingat the east tofore the principat princes of his reaim, and he hould swear o hera his ath that he hali grant i her. An site hoes ast the head of S. Jolin, and he ould give it to e forkeepingi his ath, ut he hould eignissae e re angryaecause of mahing of the oath. Anxit is rea in the Histor Scholastic that he had histreachery and grea fantas in him here it is aid thus It is orae belleved that Herod realed first secreti With his is of the death of S. Jolin. An unde this occasion aith erome in thegloss: An theres ore he ware for to findoccasion to lay him for is he had required the death of his ather o mollier, he had not

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here as an innocent man an a true hichiad lent pertain mone to another man which

,ath as e did. An then his man was ahenin grievoust beaten, o that he he wohe theokens of his ound appeared on his ach, ut evas pardonefand orgiven. An aftor his Austin:aith that S. Joh was not eheade on his day vhen the eas of his decollatio is hallowed, ut lae ear tofore, bout the east o Easter, and ecause of the passion o Jesu Chris and of the

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o THE GOLDEN LEGENDThe sacrament of ou Lord it is deferre unio his day, Decolla for the es ought o ive place to the more

holiness, the ruleis justice, the mirror of virginity, the ensample of hastity the way of penance,

pardon o sin, and discipline of faith. Jolin is

holines of the law of the gospei the voice of the apostles the silence of the propheis, the anter of the w rides the breve of the Judge, an moyeno at the Trinit And this o great a man WASput o martyrdom, an gave his ea to the adulterer, and was delivered to the pringing maid. Herod the went not way at unpunished, ut he was damne into exile. For ascit is containedin the Histor Scholastic, Hero Agrippa as a nobi manautae as Oor, an for his vermuch poveri he was in despair, an entered into acertain towe foro suffer death there by famine and unger. But hen Herodias, his sister, heard thereos, he prayed Herod Tetrarch thathe would bring him hence an minister o him. And when he had done so they dined together, and Herod Tetrarchiegan to hauge in by the wine hich he had runk, and egan to reprove

Hero Agrippa of the benefit that he had doneto im And that other sorrowed fore, and wentio Rome and was received into the grace of Gaius the emperor, an he ave o him two lordships,

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a hing. He bounde greatly in riches, and Thentended nolo her destre, for he had liefer e Decolla 1le in res than to have onour laborious But atri Ohtili last he was overcome by her busy prayers, Baptist 'nd wen to Rome illi her And when Herod grippa ne it, e sent letters to the Caesar, hat Herod Antipas, o the Tetrarch had maderiendshi With the in o Persia an alliance, .nd that he would rebel against the empire, Rome. An in token of this hin heignified to in that he had in his arnisons

uould go illi her usband into exile, and aidhat he that had been in great prosperity, he houldio leave in in his adversity. An the were he brought o Lyons, and there ende theirives miserably. his is in the Histor Scholastic. Secondiy this east Wa established and hallowedh the burning of his bone and gathering together . i. , thi Jay like a sonae anthey ere burni, andivere atheredis of good christia men And hen suffered e the second martyrdom hen his Iones ere burni, and theresere the churchaalloweth his eas also as his second martyrdom,

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Baptist miracles ere howed. Then Julia the apostate commanded that his bones hould e burni, and the ceased notrio do their oodnes then theytook them and turni thenis into Jowder and winnowed them in the felds An Bede aith in his Chronicies that when the had gathered his bones the dre them far that ne seo that other, and by this mise e suffered the secondmartyrdom. But the say that no it not thallthe da of his nativit his bones ere gathered albabout and were burni And whiles the were in gathering ascit is sal in Scholastica Historia,

there came monks rom Jerusalem hicli coverilyput them among the atherers, and too a reat

of his death, is aid plaint in Historia ripartit .

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id imprisoned, and had his eademitte offithin the casti os Arabia that is amed ach- onta. And Herodias id do bear the ea in Ierusalem, and id do bur it secretly therebyhereas Herod welled, o fh doubted that therophel hould is again f his ead were buriedith the Ody. An a it is ad in the Historycholastic : In the time os arcia the prince, hicli a the ear of our ord three hundredad fifty-three, Jolin howed his ea to two onks that were come to Jerusalem. And thenae Wen to the palace hich a longin to

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The eemed in his fleeping that man companies

And then e re of his arid, ut it a notwhole. An S. Jolin appeare to him and said When in head shal be set in the church, ouchtho the the pol and thou haltae hole, and soli di an received his ealth, and was hole sit a be re. Then arcellus howed his to Julian, bisho of the fame ity, and the bare it reverenti into the cit and showed i honourably. An froni that time forti the eas of his decollation a there allowed for it a found the sanae day. An after his it a transporte into the cit of Constantinople Anyas it is sal in the

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Histor Tripartita, that Valens the empero com The

in his arm much sweetly the oly head and laidit illi in his purple, an bare it in to the cit os Constantinopi and edifies there right fairchurch and se it therein his aith the HistoryTripartita. Afier his, in the time thalain Pepi reigned, it mas transported in France in Oictou, and thereb his merit man dead men ere aised to lisse. And in like is as Herod a punished that belleade S. Jolin, and Julia the apostate thalburn his bones, o as Herodias,hich coungetledher daughter o demand the head of S. Jolin Andine maid that required i die right ungractousty

that he was sent in exile illi Herod, and miser

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jo that in o God Then after came thither three bishops, and each of them ould have partis the finger Then by the grace of God the finger dropped three drops of lood pon a loth bywhicli the knew that each of them ad deservedio have a rop. An the Theodolina, queen

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