27. Do you suppose, heretic, that the Lord
of glory feared to suffer? Why, when Peter made this error
through ignorance, did He not call him ‘Satan’ and a
‘stumbling-block St. Matt. xvi. 22, 23.?’
Thus was Peter, who deprecated the mystery of the Passion, established
in the faith by so sharp a rebuke from the lips of the gentle Christ,
Whom not flesh and blood, but the Father in Heaven had revealed to
him Ib.
xvi. 16..