The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

4. OCCURRENCES DURING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN JERUSALEM.

Last night I saw a wonderful happening in the Temple. All the written scrolls of the Sadducees were several times hurled out of their shelves and strewn about the floor. This caused great alarm; they ascribed it to sorcery and paid much money to keep it secret.[She here recounted some obscure story about two sons of Herod's who were Sadducees and had been placed in the Temple by him [101] ; and how he was always engaged in some dispute or other with the Pharisees and was always trying by underhand means to obtain more power in the Temple.]

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