FREE In-Depth Bible Commentary from the Holy See

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I’ve just bought the Verbum 6 software and LOVE it. I was looking into buying the catena aurea in addition to my base package and realized it is too indepth for my level of biblical scholarship at this time.

However, while researching the catena aurea (which for those who aren’t familiar is one of St. Thomas Aquinas’s masterworks where he includes a quote from SEVERAL early church fathers for EVERY line of scripture in the gospels) I happened onto the below website and its associated press release.
It’s basically like a modern day Catena Aurea for ALL books of holy scripture for FREE. You can even download the ENTIRE contents of it to have for offline use on your home computer.
God bless everyone and productive assimilation of God’s word into each and everyone of our lives.
Happy Mother’s Day Mother Mary!

clerus.org/bibliaclerus/index_eng.html
Vatican Offers Rich Online Source of Bible Commentary
Catholic World News ^ | 12/12/07
Posted on 12/12/2007, 5:50:59 PM by marshmallow

Vatican, Dec. 12, 2007 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican Congregation for the Clergy has unveiled a powerful new web site, linking Bible texts with commentary from the Church fathers, doctors of the Church, councils, catechisms, and other magisterial documents.

The Biblia Clerus site links each passage of the Bible-- Old and New Testaments– with commentary taken from a rich variety of sources. In an introductory note Cardinal Claudio Hummes, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, explains that the site provides “Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis.”

The sources of the commentary-- many of them provided in full on the site-- include the works of the apostolic fathers, saints, Popes, and councils. The site also provides links to the Code of Canon Law (and the Code for the Eastern Church), and to the catechisms of the Council of Trent, St. Pius X, and the 1997 edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Although designed for priests, the Biblia Clerus site is available to the general public. The entire contents of the site can be downloaded.
 
However, while researching the catena aurea (which for those who aren’t familiar is one of St. Thomas Aquinas’s masterworks where he includes a quote from SEVERAL early church fathers for EVERY line of scripture in the gospels) I happened onto the below website and its associated press release.
It’s basically like a modern day Catena Aurea for ALL books of holy scripture for FREE. You can even download the ENTIRE contents of it to have for offline use on your home computer.

clerus.org/bibliaclerus/index_eng.html
Vatican Offers Rich Online Source of Bible Commentary
Catholic World News ^ | 12/12/07
Posted on 12/12/2007, 5:50:59 PM by marshmallow

Vatican, Dec. 12, 2007 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican Congregation for the Clergy has unveiled a powerful new web site, linking Bible texts with commentary from the Church fathers, doctors of the Church, councils, catechisms, and other magisterial documents.

The Biblia Clerus site links each passage of the Bible-- Old and New Testaments– with commentary taken from a rich variety of sources. In an introductory note Cardinal Claudio Hummes, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, explains that the site provides “Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis.”

The sources of the commentary-- many of them provided in full on the site-- include the works of the apostolic fathers, saints, Popes, and councils. The site also provides links to the Code of Canon Law (and the Code for the Eastern Church), and to the catechisms of the Council of Trent, St. Pius X, and the 1997 edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Although designed for priests, the Biblia Clerus site is available to the general public. The entire contents of the site can be downloaded.
Thank you so much for posting this information. i just visited the website and it is a treasure trove of information.🙂 🙂
May God bless all who visit this thread.
Amen.
 
What an ideal website! I have been trying to find a web-based (or Kindle version) of Catholic commentary on OT & NT scriptures for years. Now I can look up those confusing verses for clarification as well as deepen my biblical knowledge. Thanks for being so thoughtful.
 
I’ve just bought the Verbum 6 software and LOVE it. I was looking into buying the catena aurea in addition to my base package and realized it is too indepth for my level of biblical scholarship at this time.

However, while researching the catena aurea (which for those who aren’t familiar is one of St. Thomas Aquinas’s masterworks where he includes a quote from SEVERAL early church fathers for EVERY line of scripture in the gospels) I happened onto the below website and its associated press release.
It’s basically like a modern day Catena Aurea for ALL books of holy scripture for FREE. You can even download the ENTIRE contents of it to have for offline use on your home computer.
God bless everyone and productive assimilation of God’s word into each and everyone of our lives.
Happy Mother’s Day Mother Mary!

clerus.org/bibliaclerus/index_eng.html
Vatican Offers Rich Online Source of Bible Commentary
Catholic World News ^ | 12/12/07
Posted on 12/12/2007, 5:50:59 PM by marshmallow

Vatican, Dec. 12, 2007 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican Congregation for the Clergy has unveiled a powerful new web site, linking Bible texts with commentary from the Church fathers, doctors of the Church, councils, catechisms, and other magisterial documents.

The Biblia Clerus site links each passage of the Bible-- Old and New Testaments– with commentary taken from a rich variety of sources. In an introductory note Cardinal Claudio Hummes, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, explains that the site provides “Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis.”

The sources of the commentary-- many of them provided in full on the site-- include the works of the apostolic fathers, saints, Popes, and councils. The site also provides links to the Code of Canon Law (and the Code for the Eastern Church), and to the catechisms of the Council of Trent, St. Pius X, and the 1997 edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Although designed for priests, the Biblia Clerus site is available to the general public. The entire contents of the site can be downloaded.
Thank you and God Bless, Memaw
 
There is a thread about this resource that is “stickied” in the Sacred Scripture subforum:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=204572

It is pretty handy. I think there is room for improvement, though. The interface looks exactly the same as it did more than 7 years ago when the above thread was first posted. It does look like they keep the content updated to some extent, though. I see references to writings and speeches from Pope Francis. But there are still large gaps in content as well (like, for example, most of John Paul II’s general audiences before the advent of the Vatican website in 1997).

What I’d really like to see is for Verbum software to take over Biblia Clerus and the Vatican website. 😛 I’m really only half joking about that suggestion. I think it would be great to see Verbum level features and interaction available for the whole world right from the Vatican website. But, of course, more features, more polish, and more frequent updates takes a regular influx of cash.
 
Thanks so much for this! How awesome of a commentary available there!
 
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