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Briefly, then, if indeed any more is needed to drive home the point, the whole divine Scripture is the teacher of virtue and true faith, but the Psalter gives a picture of the spiritual life. And, just as one who draws near to an earthly king observes the formalities in regard to dress and bearing [...]
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Church Fathers on the Psalms
Posted in Commentary, Early Church Fathers, Psalter, tagged Ambrose of Milan, Arnobius the Younger, Asterius the Homilist, Athanasius, Augustine, Basil of Caesarea, Braulio of Saragossa, Caesarius of Arles, Church Fathers, Didymus the Blind, Diodore of Tarsus, Eusebius of Caesarea, Evagrius of Pontus, Gregory of Nyssa, Hilary of Poitiers, Hippolytus, Jerome, John Cassian, John Chrysostom, Martin of Bruga, Origen, Prudentius, Psalms, Salvian the Presbyter, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyr, Valerian of Cimiez on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two really interesting looking commentaries on the Psalms are Psalms 1-50 and Psalms 51-150 in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture by IVP.
In Psalms 1-50
Especially noteworthy among the Greek-speaking authors cited are Hippolytus, Origen, Eusebius of Caesarea, Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Didymus the Blind, Evagrius of Pontus, Diodore of Tarsus, John Chrysostom, [...]
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