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St. Jerome: Commentary on Ecclesiastes is unavailable, but you can change that!

This first English translation of St. Jerome’s Commentary on Ecclesiastes includes a discussion by the translators that elucidates the difficulties of Jerome’s text, but also presents an original view of Jerome’s hermeneutical approach to the theological issues raised by this challenging book of the Bible.

are joined by love, so much more is a fellowship of three able to prevail. And as a matter of fact, with affection that is true and unstained by any jealousy, the more it grows numerically, the more it also increases in power. For the moment, take this in the literal meaning. However, because above* we have taken the sense of certain passages as being about Christ, we must also discuss the rest on the same level. It is better for there to be two, side-by-side, than one, because it is better to have
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