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CHAPTER V.
THE MOST HOLY MARY, CALLED BY THE APOSTLE SAINT
PETER, RETURNS FROM EPHESUS; SHE CONTINUES HER
BATTLE WITH THE DEMONS ;
IS OVERTAKEN BY GREAT
STORMS AT SEA; SOME OTHER INTERVENING MYSTER
IES.
456. After the death of the unhappy Herod the primi
tive Church of Jerusalem enjoyed some measure of quiet
and tranquillity for a considerable time. The great Lady
of the world merited this favor through her maternal
solicitude and care. During this time saint Barnaby and
saint Paul preached with wonderful success in the cities
of Asia Minor, Antioch, Lystra, Perge and others, as
is related by saint Luke in the thirteenth and fourteenth
chapter of the Acts of the Apostles and in connection with
the miracles and prodigies performed by saint Paul in
those cities and provinces. The apostle saint Peter, after
his liberation from prison, fled from Jerusalem and re
tired to another part of Asia not under the jurisdiction
of Herod. From that place he governed the faithful
accruing to the Church in Asia and those that were
in Palestine. All of them acknowledged and obeyed
him as the Vicar of Jesus Christ and head of the Church,
believing that all he ordained and enacted upon earth
was confirmed in heaven. With this firm faith they
came to him with all their doubts and difficulties as to
their supreme pontiff. Among other matters they asked
him to decide the questions raised by some of the Jews
concerning the doings and teachings of saint Paul and
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