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Exegetical Epistles
St Jerome, Thomas P. Scheck
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R1,298
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The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series of the 19th century
rendered into English many of Jerome's treatises and letters while
bypassing his biblical commentaries as well as some of his most
important exegetical letters. This omission, which was not helpful
to scholarship, was probably due to the great length of these
works. Although the problem was partly remedied by some new English
translations of the 20th century, the present volume fills a
significant lacuna by translating into English the Scriptural
exegesis that Jerome conveyed in his relatively unknown epistles,
many of which were composed in response to queries he had received
from various correspondents. Many of these letters are presented
here for the first time in English. Based on the Hilberg edition,
this volume contains new translations, introduced and annotated, of
Jerome's Epistles 18-21, 25-30, 34-37, 42, 53, 55-56, 59, 64-65,
72-74, 78, 85, 106, 112, 119-121, 129, 130, and 140. Two newly
translated letters from the famous exchange with Augustine over the
meaning of Galatians 2:11-14 are included (Epp. 56 and 112), as
well as a new rendering of Ep. 130 to Demetrias (which technically
is not an ""exegetical"" letter but does present important
information about the Pelagian controversy). Overall, this
collection hopes to serve as a useful introduction to Jerome's
approach to biblical interpretation, of both the Old and the New
Testament. Some letters focus on the historical meaning of Pauline
and Gospel texts, while others contain allegorical expositions of
Old Testament passages. Jerome's competence as a Hebrew scholar
will become evident to the reader of this volume as well as his
thorough acquaintance with the antecedent Greek and Latin Christian
exegetical traditions.
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Against Jovinianus
St Jerome; Translated by W. H . Fremantle
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R218
R184
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Love's Gradatory (Paperback)
Mother St Jerome; Edited by Brother Hermenegild Tosf; Blessed John Ruysbroeck
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R363
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After a biography of Blessed John Ruysbroeck we come to the heart
of the books itself. THIS book touches the culminating point of the
trilogy formed by the three treatises addressed by the author to
the same person. Certain indications prove this to have been
Margaret of Meerbeke, Precentor in the Convent of the Poor Clares
at Brussels. The manuscripts do not contain any precise affirmation
on this point, it is true, but the title of chapter xii., "Of
Celestial Melodies," seems to allude to the charge filled by the
Religious in her Convent. Besides, the whole of the treatise
sufficiently shows that the writer is address ing one person in
particular, and the counsels that he gives her, although applicable
to any soul aspiring to perfection, belong more particularly to the
Religious state. The form and name of the book is by no means new
in mystical literature. The mysterious ladder which appeared to
Jacob, flying from the anger of his brother Esau, has often served
to illustrate the way to be travelled by the soul from earth to
Heaven. This illustration is found in use from times of primitive
Christianity-witness the Acts of St. Perpetua and St. Felicity. St.
Benedict makes use of it in his Rule where he speaks of twelve
degrees of Humility, and St. John Climacus at a later date develops
the same thought in his book entitled the Ladder of Holiness. But
it was, perhaps, principally from St. Bonaventura that Blessed John
Ruysbroeck borrowed the idea of spiritual steps. His object, like
that of the Seraphic Doctor, is to raise a ladder of Sanctity, of
which the seven rungs, or degrees, lead up to God, and to a love so
elevated as to be called transformation and quietude. At such a
height Divine Love resembles Eternity, and it is sometimes
difficult to decide if Blessed John Ruysbroeck is speaking of
Eternity, or ifhe is still among things of time. The different
halting- places from which the soul climbs to these extreme heights
are those of Goodwill, Voluntary Poverty, Purity, Humility, and
Nobility of Virtue. At this Fifth step Blessed John Ruysbroeck
stops, and in the next seven chapters studies the different ways of
exercising this love, with the aid of the Angelic Hierarchy,
attentively lending their help thereto. He explains two ways that
lead to God, adding warnings against the illusions of a false
Mysticism, and finally describes the Four Modes of Celestial Song.
The Sixth step is called by the author the" Return to the Primitive
Purity of the Intellect." One of the thoughts recurring most
frequently in BlessedJohn Ruysbroeck's writings is that the Soul is
never wholly created, but that as the Son of God is spiritually
conceived and brought forth at every instant, so, too, the Soul is
created each moment, without ceasing to be in can tact with its
Origin, ceaselessly receiving of His Essence, and formed by Him to'
the uncreated image and example, ever in the Eternal Mind, of each
one of us. Perfection and Beatitude consist in returning absolutely
to this uncreated Ideal; not by a confusion of our created Being
with the Divinity, nor by a transformation of Essence, which would
partake of the errors of Pantheism. It is not a question of
abdicating our created Being and transforming it essentially into
the uncreated and Superessential, in which, in the Divine Mind, we
have been from all Eternity, for this would lead to Quietism by
Pantheism; but, what is quite another matter, it means a return and
transformation by Knowledge and by Love of all our Being to that
Ideal which God has of us.
Often cited as a source of biographical information on ancient
Christian authors, On Illustrious Men provides St. Jerome's
personal evaluations of his forebears and contemporaries, as well
as catalogs of patristic writings known to him. Heterodox writers
and certain respected non-Christians (Seneca, Josephus, and Philo)
are included in this parade of luminaries, which begins with the
apostles and concludes with St. Jerome himself and a list of his
own works prior to 393, the year in which On Illustrious Men was
composed. St. Jerome produced this work in his monastery at
Bethlehem, to which he had retreated after his precipitous exit
from Roman ecclesiastical politics. He had, however, maintained
correspondences with several of his former associates, such as
Dexter (the son of Pacian, bishop of Barcelona), to whom he
addressed the work. Relying heavily on Eusebius's Ecclesiastical
History, St. Jerome attempts to demonstrate the erudition and
nobility of character which render Christianity immune to the
criticisms of its cultured despisers. Since this work can be
regarded as the patrology textbook of its day, its translator,
Thomas P. Halton, has continued St. Jerome's mission by compiling
bibliographical data on recent editions, translations, and studies
of ancient writings mentioned in On Illustrious Men. Extensive
footnote material and appendices furnish a wealth of information
useful for patristic research. In addition, an index to all of the
Fathers of the Church volumes published to date, listed by
individual authors, appears in this, the hundredth volume of the
series.
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