From Reformation to Reformation

9. What special occasion did Saint Paul have for writing? Moreover, the particular occasion for writing was furnished, both by the faith...

8. The Subscript of the same is not Canonical, but is likely. The Subscript of the same Epistle is: πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Κορίνθου διὰ...

Verse 11:[1] And (Rev. 3:4, 5; 7:9, 14) white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, (Heb. 11:40; Rev....

7. The Inscription of the Epistle. Was it indeed inscribed to the Romans? The Inscription of the Epistle stands thus: Παύλου τοῦ...

6. The Epistle to the Romans is the first of all, not with respect to writing, but with respect to dignity. To the Ancients it was...

Verse 14:[1] And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave...

Verse 10:[1] And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (see Zech. 1:12) How long, O Lord, (Rev. 3:7) holy and true, (Rev. 11:18; 19:2)...

Verse 13:[1] And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark,...

3. It embraces the matters conducted through forty years and six months. Now, the book embraces the matters conducted through forty years...

5. The diverse order of the arrangement and writing of the Epistles. Formerly the arrangement was also varying. The order of the Epistles...

Verse 12:[1] And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned...

4. The style, and manner and character, of the speech of the same Epistles. In what sense Saint Peter called some things in them...

2. The Argument of the book, King David, and the matters conducted by him. The scope of the same. The Argument of the book is King David,...

Verse 9:[1] And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under (Rev. 8:3; 9:13; 14:18) the altar (Rev. 20:4) the souls of them that were...

3. The argument of the Pauline Epistles, and various distinctions. But, even if there is a common argument to all the Pauline Epistles, a...

1. Inscription and Author. Concerning the inscription and writer of this book, let the judgment be that it is same as concerning the...

Verse 10:[1] And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home… [They shut them up...

Inscription and Author, 1. The Argument of the book, King David, and the matters conducted by him. The scope of the same, 2. It embraces...

2. Saint Paul’s description. Paul’s name and epithets. The blessing of Jacob to Benjamin accommodated to him by the Holy Fathers. Paul’s...

HOLY FATHERS: Bede, Bernard, Gregory the Great, Isidore, Theodoret,[1] Eucherius,[2] Jerome,[3] Origen,[4] Procopius of Gaza.[5]...