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In the Christian religion it is believed that God first spoke to our first parents, Adam and Eve. When our first parents sinned, God promised them a Redeemer. Out of their descendants God selected certain individuals through whom He revealed Himself and His plan of salvation. He then selected Abraham to be the Father of His chosen people. It was from his lineage that a Redeemer was to come and save the world from its sins. Through the ages God continued to reveal Himself through the patriarchs and the prophets in preparation for the coming of the promised Redeemer: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The revelations delivered to the patriarchs and the prophets were therefore only partial revelations given to pave the way for Christ our Savior. It was through Christ that God’s full and final revelation was to come. In his letter to the Hebrews St. Paul said: “God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, in these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world” (Heb. 1:1-2). Christ is, therefore, the Light of the World and the bearer of God’s full revelation.
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September 14, 2023 Edition
The following commentaries are already included in the Aquinas Study Bible:
George Haydock’s Bible Commentaries
Catena Aurea (On the Four Gospels), by St. Thomas Aquinas
The Great Commentary of Cornelius À Lapide – on the Four Gospels, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, and 1, 2 & 3 John. Although Cornelius À Lapide wrote commentaries for the whole Bible (except the Book of Job), only the above cited are in English; the rest are still in Latin.
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The NAVARRE New Testament Bible Commentary has received many good reviews, but is not yet available online.
The following are additional commentaries not yet included in the Aquinas Study Bible:
OLD TESTAMENT:
A Commentary on the Book of Psalms, by St. Robert Bellarmine
A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Medieval Writers, by J.M. Neale
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NEW TESTAMENT:
Commentary on Matthew by Rev. A. J. Maa
Commentary on St. Luke, by St. Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on St. John, by St. Cyril of Alexandria
An Exposition of the Four Gospels by Macevilly
An Exposition of the Acts of the Apostles by Macevilly
An Exposition of the Epistles of St. Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude by Macevilly