Luke: Ancient Christian Commentary On Scripture

PRAISE FOR THE ANCIENT CHRISTIAN COMMENTARY ON SCRIPTURE "The conspectus of patristic exposition that this series offers has been badly needed for several centuries, and the whole Christian world should unite to thank those who are undertaking to fill the gap. For the ongoing ecumenical conversation, and the accurate appreciation of early Christian thought, and the current herm,eneutical debate as well, the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture will prove itself to be a really indispensable resource:' . J. I. PACKER Board of Governors Professor of Theology Regent College "In the desert of biblical scholarship that tries to deconstruct or get behind the texts, the patristic commentators let the pure, clear waters of Christian faith flow from its scriptural source. Preachers, teachers and Bible students of every sort will want to drink deeply from the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture:' RICHARD JoHN N E UHAU S President, Religion and Public Life Editor-in-Chief, First Things "The fathers of the ancient church were enabled, by the grace of God, to interpret the divine Scriptures in a way that integrates spirituality and erudition, liturgy and dogma, and generally all aspects of our faith which embrace the totality of our life. To allow the fathers to speak to us again, in our contemporary situation, in the way that y ou have proposed in y our project, provides a corrective to the fragmentation of the faith which results from the particularization and overspecialization that exists today in the study of the Holy Bible and of sacred theology:' Fa. GEORGE DaAGAS Holy Cross Seminary "This new but old Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture takes us out of the small, dosed-minded world in which much modern biblical scholarship is done into an earlier time marked by a Christian seriousness, by robust inquiry and by believing faith. This Commentary is a fresh breeze blowing in our empty, postmodern world:' DAVID F. WELLS Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary "Composed in the style of the great medieval catenae, this new anthology of patristic commentary on Holy Scripture, conveniently arranged by chapter and verse, will be a valuable resource for prayer, study and proclamation. By calling attention to the rich Christian heritage preceding the separations between East and West and between Protestant and Catholic, this series will perform a major service to the cause of ecumenism:' AVERY CARDINAL DULLES, S.J. Laurence]. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society Fordham University "The initial cry of the Reformation was ad fontes - back to the sources! The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is a marvelous tool for the recovery of biblical wisdom in today's church. Not just another scholarly project, the ACCS is a major resource for the renewal of preaching, theology and Christian devotion:· TIMOTHY GEORGE Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University "Modern church members often do not realize that they are participants in the vast company of the communion of saints that reaches far back into the past and that