Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture

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Has anyone heard of this new Catholic commentary series. I just got the Ephesian volume, and I was very skeptical at first because I am very orthorodox in my beliefs, but I must say that I am extremely impressed so far! I don’t know how the other volumes are but so far Ephesians seems to be very good and not full of Moderinsts garbage. Here is the link catholicscripturecommentary.com/volumes-and-authors
 
Never heard of it, I’ve more heard nvar (spelling) being recommend. Glad to hear a solid orthodox catholic endorsment of this series.
 
COPLAND_3 said:
Has anyone heard of this new Catholic commentary series. I just got the Ephesian volume, and I was very skeptical at first because I am very orthorodox in my beliefs, but I must say that I am extremely impressed so far! I don’t know how the other volumes are but so far Ephesians seems to be very good and not full of Moderinsts garbage. Here is the link catholicscripturecommentary.com/volumes-and-authors
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I think the whole series is great so far. It is very accessible, combining some techinical elements with pastoral insight. I just ordered the “Ephesians” commentary by Dr. Williamson, who is a fine Scripture scholar, to add to the “Mark” and “Timothy and Titus” editions.

catholicbibles.blogspot.com/2009/04/catholic-commentary-of-sacred-scripture.html
 
I am very interested in seeing what the Mark commentary is like. That will be my next one! I can’t wait till googe books starts providing previews of them so I can provide them on my site!
 
According the website, the volume on 2 Corinthians is also now available (although 1 Corinthians is not?).

The first two were great and I highly recommend them, They are deep enough for people who have a long familiarity with Scripture, but also would be very helpful for beginners. Some may not like the fact it uses the NAB as it’s primary text, but the reality is that is the version your average Catholic is using.

I’m I’m glad to see there’s a new one out! It’s definitely going on my Christmas wish list.
 
Thank you so very much for posting about this commentary. I am sorry to say I have not heard of it before now. I’m planning a trip to my neighborhood Catholic bookstore this afternoon, and I’m going to see if they have any of the books available there.
 
AmbroseSJ said:
Does anyone have any thoughts on the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture? It appears that all of the commentary is provided by early Church Fathers.
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I love them! I have also started collecting the supplemental to that series called Ancient Christian Texts, which are new translations of full commentaries of Early Christian Writers, I just bought both volumes of Ambrosiaster, great stuff!! On my site I have most of the Ancient Christian Commentary series on there with limited preview, you can view a big portion of them, as well as Ambrosiaster’s commentaries on Paul’s epistles. Here’s the link litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Bible+Commentaries-Fathers+and+Doctors
 
COPLAND_3 said:
I love them! I have also started collecting the supplemental to that series called Ancient Christian Texts, which are new translations of full commentaries of Early Christian Writers, I just bought both volumes of Ambrosiaster, great stuff!! On my site I have most of the Ancient Christian Commentary series on there with limited preview, you can view a big portion of them, as well as Ambrosiaster’s commentaries on Paul’s epistles. Here’s the link litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Bible+Commentaries-Fathers+and+Doctors
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Thanks for the reply Copland 3! I checked out the previews you had listed on your website, and especially like this taken from the Introduction:
A commentary dedicated to allowing ancient Christian exegetes to speak for themselves will refrain from the temptation to fixate endlessly upon contemporary criticism. Rather, it will stand ready to provide textual resources from a distinguished history of exegesis that has remained massively inaccessible and shockingly disregarded during the last century.
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I also use the Ancient Christian Commentary, and highly recommend it. They have not yet published all the volumes, but I have all those that have been published. I use them constantly. Here is a link to the publisher’s site: ivpress.com/accs/
 
COPLAND_3 said:
I am very interested in seeing what the Mark commentary is like. That will be my next one! I can’t wait till googe books starts providing previews of them so I can provide them on my site!
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I read Mark (Mary Healy) and was greatly impressed. I also enjoyed Timothy and Titus (Fr. George Montague). I found these two books very informative without getting lost in the minutae.

I’m getting 1st Corinthians and Ephesians for Christmas. If you look at their web-site, you’ll find that the authors are rather orthodox and very good apologists. I can’t wait for Tim Gray’s Luke and Edward Sri and Curtis Mitch’s Matthew commentaries. And who wouldn’t want to read Scott Hahn’s commentaries on Romans and Hebrews!!!

This series looks very, VERY promising!
 
Miss_Linda said:
I also use the Ancient Christian Commentary, and highly recommend it. They have not yet published all the volumes, but I have all those that have been published. I use them constantly. Here is a link to the publisher’s site: ivpress.com/accs/
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How unbiased are these commentaries? I’m asking because this site is advertising
Coming in 2011: The Reformation Commentary on Scripture.

I know the question may seem odd, but I’ve seen people twist commentaries on Origen and St. Augustine, for example, to fit their own pre-conceived beliefs.
 
NotWorthy said:
How unbiased are these commentaries? I’m asking because this site is advertising
Coming in 2011: The Reformation Commentary on Scripture.

I know the question may seem odd, but I’ve seen people twist commentaries on Origen and St. Augustine, for example, to fit their own pre-conceived beliefs.
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I use the ACC a lot, but I must say that even though it is valuable, their choices of quotations are not always what I would have picked if I was putting them together. Matthew 16:18 was obviously biased because they left out any citations from the Fathers that supports Peter as the rock. There are other parts where they could have simply picked better quotes, and places where there are empty gaps when in fact there was commentary to put there. But even though the series is far from perfect, especially from a Catholic perspective, the series does provide us with commentary from Church Fathers which have not been translated into English prior. As for the volumes of the Gospels, the Catena Aurea is much better than the Ancient Christian Commentary, Aquinas did much better even without all the technology.
 
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I use the ACC a lot, but I must say that even though it is valuable, their choices of quotations are not always what I would have picked if I was putting them together. Matthew 16:18 was obviously biased because they left out any citations from the Fathers that supports Peter as the rock. There are other parts where they could have simply picked better quotes, and places where there are empty gaps when in fact there was commentary to put there. But even though the series is far from perfect, especially from a Catholic perspective, the series does provide us with commentary from Church Fathers which have not been translated into English prior. As for the volumes of the Gospels, the Catena Aurea is much better than the Ancient Christian Commentary, Aquinas did much better even without all the technology.
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Thanks for the insights! 🙂
 
I agree with Copland3’s observation–this series is certainly written from a more Protestant point of view. In fact, I hesitated at first to buy this series because it is published by IVP, which is a Protestant publishing house. But as Copland3 said, the series does give access to writings that have not been translated into English before. I am glad I bought these books and I do use them in conjunction with other commentaries and resources that ARE in keeping with the teachings of the Church.
 
I noticed that the Catholic Commentary volumes are being made available on Kindle, which interests me very much. Can anyone who has already purchased these books tell me whether there are charts, graphs or images that might not translate well to a Kindle? If these are primarily text-only books (without too many graphics), then I will certainly be purchasing the less-expensive Kindle versions of the volumes as they are made available.
 
Miss_Linda said:
I noticed that the Catholic Commentary volumes are being made available on Kindle, which interests me very much. Can anyone who has already purchased these books tell me whether there are charts, graphs or images that might not translate well to a Kindle? If these are primarily text-only books (without too many graphics), then I will certainly be purchasing the less-expensive Kindle versions of the volumes as they are made available.
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In Mark’s Gospel, there are maybe 6-10 pictures - a boat like Peter’s, a millstone, a pair of ancient sandals, so missing out on them wouldn’t hurt you.

However, there are numerous dark gray boxes that explain the living tradition of the Church that helps explain the bible verses’ interpretations. Other gray boxes give background on the Scriptures themselves (for instance, the Septuagint is explained in one of them).

If these grayed out boxes translate well onto the Kindle, however, I don’t know.
 
Thank you so very much for taking the time to look up graphs and images, NotWorthy. That is very helpful. You are correct, I’m not too worried about pictures of boats, sandals, etc. However, the informational boxes sound like they will contain information that I certainly would want to see. The Kindle will display images using many resolutions of gray, so perhaps the informational boxes will be readable. Since the Kindle version of these Commentaries is available for $9.99 each, and there is obviously no shipping charge since it is downloaded, I think I may try the Kindle version.

Thank you again, NotWorthy, for taking the time to look up those images for me. That was very kind!
 
Miss_Linda said:
Thank you so very much for taking the time to look up graphs and images, NotWorthy. That is very helpful. You are correct, I’m not too worried about pictures of boats, sandals, etc. However, the informational boxes sound like they will contain information that I certainly would want to see. The Kindle will display images using many resolutions of gray, so perhaps the informational boxes will be readable. Since the Kindle version of these Commentaries is available for $9.99 each, and there is obviously no shipping charge since it is downloaded, I think I may try the Kindle version.

Thank you again, NotWorthy, for taking the time to look up those images for me. That was very kind!
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No problem. It was my pleasure as I want everyone to enjoy this series. I’d love for the series to become successful, for that breeds more great books like these.

I’m curious, can you download some sample pages? I know on-line, you can sometimes preview a few pages. Maybe this will help give you a sample of these boxes.

Good luck!
 
I’m half way through the commentary on Ephesians by Peter S. Williamson.

I’m reading slowly, as the text deserves. Williamson does a really great job – a theologian explaining the nuances of St. Paul – what a delight.

One of the things he has explained in detail so far is how St. Paul explains how Christ has superceded the Mosaic Law by his death on the cross. The “moral” aspects of the Torah remain but not the ritual aspects.

And, he explains how Jews and Gentiles have been reconciled, again by Jesus’ death on the cross, into a single body of believers.

There are Catechism and Lectionary cross-references for the verses or topics at hand. I’m not doing an expanded study into those areas, this first pass through the book.

I highly recommend this book as essential Catholic bible study material. I also have read the commentaries on Mark and on Titus/1&2 Timothy – both excellent reads.
 
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