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6Koji razlikuje dane, Gospodu razlikuje; i koji ne razlikuje dana, Gospodu ne razlikuje. Koji jede, Gospodu jede: jer hvali Boga; i koji ne jede, Gospodu ne jede, i hvali Boga. 7Jer nijedan od nas ne živi sebi, i nijedan ne umire sebi. 8Jer ako živimo, Gospodu živimo; a ako umiremo, Gospodu umiremo. Ako dakle živimo, ako umiremo, Gospodnji smo. 9Jer zato Hristos i umrije i vaskrse i oživlje da oblada i mrtvima i živima.
32A Isus dozvavši uèenike svoje reèe: žao mi je ovoga naroda, jer veæ tri dana stoje kod mene i nemaju šta jesti; a nijesam ih rad otpustiti gladne da ne oslabe na putu. 33I rekoše mu uèenici njegovi: otkuda nam u pustinji toliki hljeb da se nasiti toliki narod? 34I reèe im Isus: koliko hljebova imate? A oni rekoše: sedam, i malo ribice. 35I zapovjedi narodu da posjedaju po zemlji. 36I uzevši onijeh sedam hljebova i ribe, i davši hvalu, prelomi, i dade uèenicima svojijem, a uèenici narodu. 37I jedoše svi, i nasitiše se; i nakupiše komada što preteèe sedam kotarica punijeh. 38A onijeh što su jeli bijaše èetiri hiljade ljudi, osim žena i djece. 39I otpustivši narod uðe u laðu, i doðe u okoline Magdalske.
He was a disciple of St Peter, born in Antioch. St Peter took him to Rome (he was bishop of Antioch before being bishop of Rome, so Antioch is as much the ‘see of Peter’ as is Rome) and made him Bishop of Ravenna. In Ravenna, he healed the wife of the military governor of a grave illness, after which the governor and his household confessed Christ and were baptized. Apollinarius was able to form a house church in the governor’s home, from which he labored for the Gospel for twelve years. Eventually, he was condemned to exile in Illyria for his faith, and began a life of missionary travel in the Balkans, travelling as far as the Danube. After twelve years of this work, he was driven back to Italy by the hostility of some of the pagans. He was received with joy by the people of Ravenna, which aroused the envy of the pagan elders, who denounced him to the Emperor Vespasian. When the elders asked permission to kill Apollinarius, the Emperor only gave them permission to drive him from the city, wisely saying ‘It is not seemly to take revenge on behalf of the gods, for they can themselves be revenged on their enemies if they are angered.’ But, in defiance of the Imperial decree, the pagan leaders attacked and killed Apollinarius with knives. His holy relics are preserved in Ravenna, in a church dedicated to him.
He is counted as the third-ranked of the Major Prophets. Read the Old Testament book that bears his name, in which the Church recognizes prophecies of the Lord’s Incarnation by the Virgin and of the general resurrection of mankind.