Ancient Christian Commentary

[DarkMark]

I want to know what people think about the Ancient Christian Commentary Series (–> amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-5695758-7960462?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ancient+Christian+Commentary&x=0&y=0)

I have a almost all of the NT series, except for the Gospel of Mark, and I find the Church Fathers Commentaries very enlighten. The only downside is that the publishers are Protestant, and they did not include the 7 books we have in our Catholic Bibles (or maybe no Church Fathers commented on them?).

 

[Verbum]

HI DM,

Go the top of the Scripture page and click on “Biblia Clerus”. You’ll find what you’re looking for.

Verbum

 

[Donald45]

I want to know what people think about the Ancient Christian Commentary Series…

Excellent. I have seven volumes so far.

The only downside is that the publishers are Protestant, and they did not include the 7 books we have in our Catholic Bibles (or maybe no Church Fathers commented on them?).

On the contrary, the Fathers did indeed use the Deuterocanonical books right along with the rest of Scripture. In volume 1 on Genesis, the editors readily admit that the Bible of the early Church was the Septuagint, which contained the Deuterocanonicals, so at least they acknowledge that fact of history. Perhaps they’ll include the Deutero’s in appended volumes of the series (one can hope). All in all, however, the Protestant editors of the series are generally known to be “Catholic-friendly” scholars who consider Catholics fellow Christians, and who often use Catholic scholarship in their research.

Blessings,

Don
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[copland]

It is a very good collection, well put together, and there is alot of great resources found in them. But, the only real problem that I have is that even though it provides some very good insights, it is still edited by Protestants. The Protestant editors picked and chose quotes from the Fathers according to their best ability, but any work like that will obviously provide quotes from the Fathers that support their bias. Just as the catena of the Gospels done by St. Thomas Aquinas is Catholic, and rightfully so, a catena such as the Ancient Christian Commentary is going to lean doctrinally towards the bias of the editor.

I say this because I have some of the ACC volumes, and I use them. I am a catena man because I love the Fathers of the Church. Though I recommend if you are wanting a catena type of commentary on the Gospels, then get the best one ever made, the Catena Aurea by St. Thomas Aquinas. neofill.com/nf_1602065888.html

 

[DarkMark]

It is a very good collection, well put together, and there is alot of great resources found in them. But, the only real problem that I have is that even though it provides some very good insights, it is still edited by Protestants. The Protestant editors picked and chose quotes from the Fathers according to their best ability, but any work like that will obviously provide quotes from the Fathers that support their bias. Just as the catena of the Gospels done by St. Thomas Aquinas is Catholic, and rightfully so, a catena such as the Ancient Christian Commentary is going to lean doctrinally towards the bias of the editor.

I say this because I have some of the ACC volumes, and I use them. I am a catena man because I love the Fathers of the Church. Though I recommend if you are wanting a catena type of commentary on the Gospels, then get the best one ever made, the Catena Aurea by St. Thomas Aquinas. neofill.com/nf_1602065888.html

Thanks. I am going to buy the Catena Aurea. Sounds great.

 

[copland]

DarkMark,

Thanks. I am going to buy the Catena Aurea. Sounds great.

The Summa Theologica is a religious and philosophical masterpeice for Aquinas, but the Catena Aurea is in a league of its own as far as a commentary on the Gospels. I had it on my wish list for years, and finally purchased it recently in an 8 volume set from the Cosimo publishers. It is a little costly if you buy all 8 volumes at once, but you can at least buy them as you can.

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

does the scripture index at the end of the volumes simply list page number or give proper textual references of the fathers themselves?

 

[DarkMark]

does the scripture index at the end of the volumes simply list page number or give proper textual references of the fathers themselves?

What do you mean? If you mean does the volumes gives the full source of the quoted Father , then yes. At the end of every quote, the source of the Father’s writings is mention.