“Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the Priests of the Church, and let them pray over him; anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man; and the Lord shall raise him up : and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him.”
FATHERS.
CENT. III.
ORIGEN, G. C.-I quoted a passage from this Father on the Sacrament of penance, (p. 313.) in which are introduced the words of St. James; but he seems to refer them to those who are infirm or sick from sin, not from bodily illness; and therefore they do not clearly establish the sacrament of Extreme Unction.
CENT. IV.
VICTOR OF Antioch,[1] G. C.—“Only Mark mentions what is here added (vi. 13.) of the mystical unction and the use of oil; with whom St. James agrees when he says: Is any one sick among you ? &c. (v. 14.) Oil relieves lassitude, and is the source of light and gladness: the anointing with oil, therefore, denotes mercy from God, the cure of sickness, and the illumination of the heart.” Bibl. PP. Max. T. iv. p. 383.
St. John CHRYSOSTOM, G. C.-" To our parents we are indebted for the present life; to the Ministers of God for the life to come. But they cannot ward off death from their children, nor even sickness; while the latter, not unfre-
- ↑ He was a Priest of that city, and flourished about the close of the fourth, or the beginning of the fifth century. He has left us a commentary on St. Mark's gospel.
