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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...

To the end. In hymns, for those who will be changed. A testimony to Asaph. A psalm on the Assyrian. THE PRESENT PSALM FORETELLS a change in affairs: the “change” suggests and testifies to this1—hence the inclusion of “testimony.” The grace of the Spirit prophesies the captivity of the Jews and the enslavement in Babylon.2 The psalm is expressed as a prayer offered to the God of all by those same people: the charism of inspiration teaches them what words are required to propitiate
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