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The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew (Multiple copy pack)
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The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew (Multiple copy pack)
Series: Oxford Early Christian Texts
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Origen was the greatest intellectual in the third century church,
and the most influential of all the Greek Church Fathers. His
writings covered many different subjects, including commentaries on
most of the books of the New Testament and many of the Old
Testament. Late in his life, in the mid-third century, he wrote a
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. This was the first commentary
ever written on this Gospel so far as we know. It covered the
entire Gospel in twenty-five books. Only eight of these books have
been preserved in the Greek language in which Origen wrote. A Latin
translation made in the sixth century has preserved the contents of
several additional books. There are, furthermore, numerous
fragments from the commentary preserved in ancient writings. Of
this mass of material, only five of the eight books preserved in
Greek have ever been translated into English, plus one fragment.
This new translation, therefore, is the first translation into
English of the entirety of the Greek and Latin remains of this
important commentary, including most of the fragments. The
translation is in modern English and includes brief annotations.
The introduction sets the commentary in the context of Origen's
life. It is his last preserved exegetical work. Evidence is
presented that suggests that it post-dates the Contra Celsum, long
considered Origen's last work. The Commentary on Matthew is a very
important work, therefore, giving us access to Origen's most mature
theological thinking.
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