Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, Volume I
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Written between AD 540 and 559, Cassiodorus uses the Psalms for the purposes of instruction in theology, hermeneutics, and eloquence.
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“We say that modellers fashion, for they create certain shapes to achieve the purposes of their work. In the same way the Lord forms and arranges the minds of the just to lead them to the gifts of His mercy.” (Page 321)
“As I see it, the Lord Christ is well compared to a fruit-bearing tree because of the cross which He took up for the salvation of men. The cross is deservedly called the wood of life both because our Lord Christ, who is our Life, hung there, and because the thief who made this same confession was told: Amen, I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.35 So today too everyone that believes in the cross wins the gifts of eternal life.” (Page 51)
“‘Let others choose for themselves worldly desires and a life like scurrying winds; the Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup.’ Inheritance denotes genuine membership of a family, the cup His revered passion, which when drunk with sobriety bestows the most glorious resurrection.” (Page 163)
“So David is to be understood here as the Lord Christ, and the prophet speaks of His passion.” (Page 57)
“Let us now see what this abundance is by which He claims that He is in no way to be moved. The Son always had abundance from the virgin Mary, because: The Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us.9 What is more abundant than that grace which deserved to possess the fullness of the Godhead? As Paul says: In him dwelt the fullness of the Godhead corporeally,10 in other words, most truly, substantially and perfectly. So He rightly stated that He could never be moved, for His majesty gave Him gifts of confidence.” (Pages 286–287)
- Title: Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, Volume I
- Authors: Cassiodorus, P. G. Walsh
- Edition: 51
- Series: Ancient Christian Writers
- Volume: I
- Publisher: Paulist Press
- Print Publication Date: 1990
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Era: era:byzantine
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Psalms › Commentaries--Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 0809104415, 9780809104413
- Resource ID: LLS:CSSDRSXPPSLMS01
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:31:38Z