Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament 7, 1-2 Corinthians

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture #7

by Gerald L. Bray (Editor)

Reviews - In the desert of biblical scholarship that tries to deconstruct or get behind the texts, the patristic commentators let the pure, clear waters of Christian faith flow from its scriptural source. Preachers, teachers and Bible students of every sort will want to drink deeply from The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture.Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, president of Religion and Public Life and editor-in-chief of First Things Composed in the style of the great medieval catenae, this new anthology of patristic commentary on Holy Scripture, conveniently arranged by chapter and verse, will be a valuable resource for prayer, study and proclamation. By calling attention to the rich Christian heritage preceding the separations between East and West and between Protestant and Catholic, this series will perform a major service to the cause of ecumenism.Avery Cardinal Dulles, S. J., Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society, Fordham University

Genres: Reference, Theology, Biblical Studies, Christian, New Testament

372 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Gerald L. Bray (Ph.D., University of Paris--Sorbonne) is director of research for the Latimer Trust, based in London, and a research professor at Samford University, teaching in the Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. A priest of the Church of England, Bray has also edited the post-Reformation Anglican canons. He has edited several volumes of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and Ancient Christian Texts, as well as volume one of the Ancient Christian Doctrine series, all for IVP Academic. General EditorTimothy George (Th.D., Harvard University) is a renowned Reformation historian and author of Theology of the Reformers, as well as many other theological and historical works. He is founding dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and an executive editor of Christianity Today.

Reviews

[Diana Kullman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The ACCS series are a great resource of the church fathers. I read them following the "Bible in a year" podcast from Ascension Press if I have the volume with corresponding scriptures. Excellent.

[Nathan White · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, useful. Some of the quotes from the Father's (especially Augustine) were very good. Not very exegetical or theological though.

[Frank Peters · Rating 2 out of 5]

The series is a good resource, but the editors seem to be constrained to only allow through statements from the fathers that are consistent with a modern conservative interpretation. I have found much more radical statements in my own reading of the fathers that have not ended up in this series.

[Jonathan]

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