A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers, Volume 1: Psalm 1 to Psalm 38

by John Mason Neale

Publishers:

Joseph Masters; Pott and Amery

, 1869

Overview

Volume one of the Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers covers Psalms 1–38. In addition to verse-by-verse commentary, each Psalm includes an introduction and various thoughts from the writings of the Church Fathers. Volume one also includes an in-depth introduction to the series, which includes two dissertations: “The Psalms as Employed in the Offices of the Church” and “Primitive and Mediæval Commentators on the Psalms,” which provides concise biographical notices of the principal commentators referenced in all four volumes. A third dissertation, “The Mystical and Literal Interpretation of the Psalms,” will be found after the thirtieth Psalm.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The kingdom of God is bestowed, promised, manifested, received; bestowed in predestination, promised in vocation, manifested in heaven.’” (Page 364)

“My design has been quite different. To treat the Psalms in the same way and in the same spirit in which the mediæval commentators approached them, themselves entirely unacquainted with Hebrew, is the height of my ambition; employing them in the sense in which the Church has used them, and endeavouring to trace, above all things, their mystical meaning.” (Page vi)

“we hear of the effects of that Passion. It was because He stood in need of everything, that we lack nothing.” (Page 308)

“Never let it be conceived that Monothelism was an abstract heresy, which has no relation to the inward Christian life. It is everything for us, whether our dear Lord, as man, had to utter this prayer, ‘that I may see the will of the Lord,’—whether He suffered, and therefore can sympathise with, that bitter struggle against our own wills; or whether, by the so-called Theandric operation, that struggle was in name only, not in reality.” (Pages 364–365)

“But S. Jerome, and after him Dionysius the Carthusian, seems to give the truer meaning: that in the time of our Lord’s Passion there was no influx of consolation, either from His Father, nor on the part of the Word, to the Human Nature of Christ.” (Page 281)

Product Details

• Title: A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers, Volume 1: Psalm 1 to Psalm 38
• Author: John Mason Neale
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers
• Publishers: Joseph Masters, Pott and Amery
• Print Publication Date: 1869
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Psalms 1-38 › Commentaries; Theology, doctrinal › History--Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Resource ID: LLS:COMMPSPRIMMED01
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:28:32Z

About John Mason Neale

John Mason Neale (1818–1866) was a translator, scholar, hymn-writer, and priest in the Church of England. Born in London to an Anglican minister, Neale became fond of the Oxford Movement later in life and, as a result, found opposition from both his diocesan bishop and his congregation. Forced to resign, he spent most of his life working on translations of ancient hymns and liturgies, especially of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, as well as co-founding the Society of Saint Margaret and the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association. He was responsible for translating and introducing a number of ancient and Eastern hymns and liturgies to the English-speaking world. He was also, notably, a contributor to the Christmas hymn “Good Christian Men, Rejoice,” as well as the Boxing Day carol of “Good King Wenceslas.” His most popular historical works include History of the Holy Eastern Church and History of the so-called Jansenist Church of Holland. He is commemorated by both the Anglican churches (August 7) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (July 1).