Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture | ACCS)
Overview
While patristic commentary on St. Paul’s shorter letters—Colossians, 1–2 Thessalonians, the Pastorals, and Philemon—was not so extensive as that on his longer letters, certain passages in these letters proved particularly important in doctrinal disputes and practical church matters. Pivotal in controversies with the Arians and the Gnostics, the most commented-upon Christological text amid these letters was Colossians 1:15–20, where Jesus is declared “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
In other texts scattered throughout the Pastorals, the fathers found ample support for the divinity of the Son and the Spirit and for the full union of humanity and divinity in the one redeemer, the “one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). These early Christian commentators also looked to the Pastorals, where Pauline authorship was assumed, for important ethical and moral teaching, as well as explicit qualifications for choosing church leaders and guidelines for overseeing the work and behavior of widows.
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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 Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon
Product Details
- Title: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
- Editor: Peter Gorday
- Series: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
- Publisher: InterVarsity
- Publication Date: 2005
- Pages: 434
- Resource Type: Commentaries
- Topic: Pauline Epistles
Partially includedAbout Peter Gorday
Peter Gorday is a priest of the Episcopal Church and serves parishes in Georgia and North Carolina. A practicing marriage and family therapist in Georgia, he is also the author of Principles of Patristic Exegesis: Romans 9–11 in Origen, John Chrysostom and Augustine, as well as journal articles in the history of biblical interpretation.