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Old Testament IX: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon is unavailable, but you can change that!

Of extant commentaries on Ecclesiastes none is so profound as the eight homilies of Gregory of Nyssa, even though they cover only the first three chapters of the book. Joining Gregory among those most frequently excerpted in this volume are Augustine, Ambrose, Gregory the Great, Origen, John Cassian, John Chrysostom, Athanasius, Bede the Venerable and Jerome. Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil the Great...

NILUS OF ANCYRA: A religious wife is blessed. Let her praise the fear of the Lord: give her of the fruits of her lips, and let her husband be praised in the gates. And again, “A virtuous wife is a crown to her husband.”11 And again, “Many wives have built a house.”12 You have learned what great commendations a prudent and loving wife receives from the Lord God. CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 1.3.8.13 GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS:
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