Interpretation of the Prophet Jeremiah

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Here the books of Kings are read.

From the first Sunday after Pentecost Pentecost: A major feast celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit, occurring fifty days after Easter., and from then until the Calends Kalendas: The first day of the month in the Roman calendar. of August, the battles of the Israelites are treated.

Here the Proverbs of Solomon and his other books are read.

From the Sunday on the Calends of August and the Assumption of the Virgin The feast of the Assumption is August 15th. until the end of the month.

Here are read Job, Tobit, Judith, and Esther.

From the Sunday on the Calends of September and thereafter, various Histories In this context, "Histories" refers to the narrative books of the Old Testament. are read.

Here the book of Maccabees is read.

From the Calends of October, because of the battles of the Greeks and the volumes of the Sabbaths original: "volumina sabbatorum." This likely refers to the accounts of Jewish resistance against Hellenization found in the Books of the Maccabees..

Here Ezekiel and Daniel are read.

From the Calends of November, along with the twelve minor prophets.

Here Isaiah is read from the octave of Epiphany until Lent.

The Advent of the Lord is completed in four weeks.
And because the Antichrist will precede the Second Coming of the Lord, Gog is therefore written at the tail original: "in cauda." This may refer to the end of the liturgical year or the bottom of a specific diagram or list..
The epistle of Paul is read, writing of the coming Antichrist; according to Isaiah, "he shall slay the wicked one with the breath of his mouth" A reference to Isaiah 11:4, later quoted by St. Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:8., and he shall destroy him—namely the son of perdition—by the brightness of his coming.
Revelation 20: Gog and Magog. As if referring to the leaders and their army.

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