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Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on the Psalms: Psalms 73–150 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume completes the Commentary on all the Psalms written by Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, in the decade before the Council of Chalcedon held in 451, “a triumph of Antiochene theology,” in the words of J. N. D. Kelly. The work thus bears the marks of the theological currents of those years, especially as Theodoret was instrumental in convening that Council and was involved in the...

is beset by various billows of passions. So he needs a guide towards the haven of uprightness. This is characteristic of the divine sayings: they are capable of turning one away from contrary ways, supplying correction, and leading to the divine way; what rein and horsebreaker are to a foal, that is the function of the divine word to the young.9 [1825] With my whole heart I sought you; do not cast me away from your commandments (v. 10). Many seek God, but not with their whole heart: they divide it,
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