TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
BY
DAME SCHOLASTICA HEBGIN
AND
DAME FELICITAS CORRIGAN
Benedictines of Stanbrook
England
Volume I
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die 16 Decembris 1959
COPYRIGHT 1960
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REV. JOHANNES QUASTEN
AND
REV. WALTER J. BURGHARDT, S.J.
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Ancient Christian Writers
THE WORKS OF THE FATHERS IN TRANSLATION
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JOHANNES QUASTEN Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. | WALTER J. BURGHADT, S.J. Woodstock College Woodstock, Md. |
No. 29
St. Augustine’s authorship of the Enarrationes in psalmos, by far his longest and undoubtedly one of his most important works, has never been open to question. Not only has Possidius, Bishop of Calama, his contemporary biographer and friend, included these commentaries on the Psalter in his Indiculus librorum, the detailed catalogue of Augustine’s works, but the Saint himself has rendered any dispute as to their authenticity impossible. In his short Preface to Psalm 118, he states:
All the other Psalms contained in that book which according to the Church’s usage is known as the Psalter, I have explained partly in sermons to the people, partly in writing, as far as I was able with the help of our Lord. I have deferred the explanation of Psalm 118, however, not so much because of its length, which is known to all, as because of its depth, which is recognized by few. My brethren were much concerned that an exposition of this one Psalm, which after all is a necessary part of the complete Psalter, was missing from my work. They therefore urged me with great insistence to complete my task.… I have at length decided to set it out in sermons, such as the Greeks call homilies, which may be preached to the people. For I think it better that our congregations should not be denied an understanding ...
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About St. Augustine: On the Psalms, Volume IOne of the most profound biblical commentaries ever written, Augustine addresses the church as the very focus and center of God and Christ. This volume contains Augustine’s commentary on Psalms 1–29. |
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