Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Acts (ACCS)

by InterVarsity Press; Evan Smith; Francis Martin

Publisher:

IVP

, 2005–2006

Overview

Editor Francis Martin collects patristic comment on the text of Acts in this volume of the ACCS. While at least 40 early church authors commented on Acts, the works of only three survive in their entirety—John Chrysostom’s Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Bede the Venerable’s Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, and a long Latin epic poem by Arator.

In this volume, substantial selections from the first two of these appear with occasional excerpts from Arator alongside many excerpts from the fragments preserved in J. A. Cramer’s Catena in Acta SS. Apostolorum. Among the latter we find selections from Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Ephrem the Syrian, Didymus the Blind, Athanasius, Jerome, John Cassian, Augustine, Ambrose, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Theodoret of Cyr, Origen, Cyril of Jerusalem, Cyril of Alexandria, Cassiodorus and Hilary of Poitiers, some of which are here translated into English for the first time.

Key Features

• Illuminates Scripture in the light of classic and consensual Christian faith
• Provides biographical sketches and a timeline of ancient Christian sources
• Makes accessible early Christian commentary on Acts

Product Details

• Title: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Acts
• Editor: Francis Martin
• Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
• Publisher: InterVarsity
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 394
• Resource Type: Commentaries
• Topic: Acts

About Francis Martin

Francis Martin is a priest in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. He is a research fellow in Catholic biblical studies at the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. He is also the spiritual advisor to the Mother of God Community in the Archdiocese of Washington.