Galatians Ephesians Philippians Mark J Edwards Thomas C Oden by Mark J. Edwards, Thomas C. Oden 9780830824939, 9780830814930, 0830814930, 0830824936 instant download after payment.

Paul's letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians
have struck an indelible impression on Christian tradition and piety.
The doctrines of Christ, of salvation, and of the church all owe their
profiles to these letters. And for patristic interpreters, who read
Scripture as a single book and were charged with an insatiable curiosity
regarding the mysteries of the Godhead, these letters offered profound
visions seldom captured by modern eyes. Trinitarian truth was patterned
in the apostle's praise of God who is "over all, through all and in all"
(Ephesians 4:6).

Without a doubt the greatest text in this
collection of letters is the "Christ hymn" of Philippians 2:6-11. This
commentary offers an unparalleled close-up view of the fathers weighing
the words and phrases of this panoramic charting of the Savior's journey
from preexistence, to incarnation, to crucifixion, and triumphant
exaltation as universal Lord.

This Ancient Christian Commentary on
Scripture volume opens a treasury of resources for biblical study
today. The expository voices of Jerome, Origen, Augustine, Chrysostom,
Ambrosiaster, Theodoret, Marius Victorinus, and Theodore of Mopsuestia
speak again with eloquence and intellectual acumen, some in English
translation for the first time.