"And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, [the risen Jesus]
interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself" (Lk 24:27). The church fathers mined the Old Testament
throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few
books yielded as much messianic ore as the Twelve Prophets,
sometimes known as the Minor Prophets because of the relative
brevity of their writings. Encouraged by the example of the New
Testament writers, the church fathers found numerous parallels
between the Gospels and the prophetic books. Among the events
foretold, they found not only the flight into Egypt after the
nativity, the passion, and resurrection of Christ, and the
outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost, but also Judas's act of
betrayal, the earthquake at Jesus' death and the rending of the
temple veil. Detail upon detail brimmed with significance for
Christian doctrine, including baptism and the Eucharist as well as
the relation between the covenants. In this rich and vital resource
you will find excerpts, some translated here into English for the
first time, from more than thirty church fathers, ranging in time
from Clement of Rome, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus (late first and
early second centuries) to Gregory the Great, Braulio of Saragossa,
and Bede the Venerable (late sixth to early eighth centuries).
Geographically the sources range from the great Cappadocians-Basil
the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa-John Chrysostom,
Ephrem the Syrian, and Hippolytus in the East, to Ambrose,
Augustine, Cyprian, and Tertullian in the West, and Origen, Cyril,
and Pachomius in Egypt. This Ancient Christian Commentary on
Scripture volume is a treasure trove out of which Christians may
bring riches both old and new in their understanding of these
ancient texts.
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