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Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels, Collected out of the Works of the Fathers, Volume 4: St. John is unavailable, but you can change that!

This famous commentary from St. Thomas Aquinas is now more accessible than ever! The Catena Aurea (or, Golden Chain) is a compilation of Patristic commentary on the Gospels and contains passages from over eighty Church Fathers. In this masterpiece, Aquinas seamlessly weaves together extracts from various Fathers to provide a complete commentary on all four Gospels. It was Pope Urban IV who...

ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. Ver. 1. In the beginning was the Word, CHRYSOSTOM. (Hom. iv. [iii.] in Joan.) While all the other Evangelists begin with the Incarnation, John, passing over the Conception, Nativity, education, and growth, speaks immediately of the Eternal Generation, saying, In the beginning was the Word. AUGUSTINE. (lib. lxxxiii. Quæst. q. 63.) The Greek word “logos” signifies both Word and Reason. But in this passage it is better to interpret it Word;
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