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Good Shepherd, Sunday of

The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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The name given in the Western Church to the Second Sunday after Easter. The French know it as the Sunday of the Bon Pasteur. The name is suggested by the Gospel for the day which sets forth our Lord as "the Good Shepherd," and who in the Epistle is called the "Shepherd and Bishop of our Souls."

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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Good Shepherd, Sunday of'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​acd/​g/good-shepherd-sunday-of.html. 1901.
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