Before he launched into his own career as an interpreter of Scripture, St. Jerome (345-420) was encouraged by St. Gregory Nazianzen to immerse himself in the writings of the Greek Fathers and especially in those of Origen of Alexandria (185-254), considered to be the most important ancient exegete. Jerome strove to assimilate Origen s hermeneutical perspective and make it his own, translating several of Origen s works into Latin. The Homilies on Ezekiel were among the most important of St. Jerome s translations. In these homilies Origen endeavors to show his audience in the church of Caesarea how the text of Ezekiel points to and prefigures Jesus Christ and the church. Following in the footsteps of St. Paul (Rom 15.4: For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction... ) and Hebrews (10.1: For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come... ), Origen looks for the reality of Christ symbolized in the shadowy words of the prophet Ezekiel. The result is a deeply moving, reverent, and edifying exposition of the Old Testament prophet in a manner that doubtless would have been received with pleasure by St. Paul himself. The homilies are of intrinsic interest on important Christian themes such as persecution and martyrdom, purification, justification, progress, Church unity, God s passionate love for humanity, Catholic versus heretical doctrine, and freedom of the will. The present volume offers the first published English translation of the fourteen homilies, along with Jerome s preface.

62. Origen: Homilies 1-14 on Ezekiel (Ancient Christian Writers)

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Jerome is best known as the translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible. In medieval times, Jerome was declared to be one of the four great Doctors of the Latin church. The Council of Trent spoke of him as the greatest doctor in the explanation of Holy Scripture. Jerome s Commentary on Isaiah is his longest extant work and considered by many to be his magnum opus. Scheck has offered the English speaking world the first translation of this work. The work is heavily indebted to the Greek exegetical tradition, especially Origen.

68. St. Jerome: Commentary on Isaiah; Origen: Homilies 1–9 on Isaiah (Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 68) (NO. 69)

No other source gives such an intimate portrait of this brilliant and strong minded individual, one of the four great doctors of the West and generally regarded as the most learned of the Latin fathers.

71. St. Jerome: Commentary on Ezekiel (Ancient Christian Writer) (NO. 71)

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62. Origen: Homilies 1-14 on Ezekiel (Ancient Christian Writers)

68. St. Jerome: Commentary on Isaiah; Origen: Homilies 1–9 on Isaiah (Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, 68) (NO. 69)

71. St. Jerome: Commentary on Ezekiel (Ancient Christian Writer) (NO. 71)