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But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
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Verse 14. We also are mortals. The enraptured people wished to pay divine homage, θοειν, to the apostles, and therefore they indignantly reject the proffered honours. The Catholic Church has but one external sacrifice, and this she offereth to God only, and “neither to Peter nor to Paul, saith S. Augustin, though the priest that sacrificeth, standeth over their bodies, and offereth in their memories.” l. viii. de Civit. Dei. chapter 27.
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