Catena Aurea: A Commentary on the Four Gospels Collected Out of the Works of the Fathers (Four Volume Set)

Aquinas, Thomas, Saint; Newman, John Henry; Nichols, Aidan

ISBN 10: 1901157407 / ISBN 13: 9781901157406

Published by Saint Austin Pr, England, 1997

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2,765 pp. Volume One: 990 pp. Volume Two: 349 pp. Volume Three: 795 pp. Volume Four: 631 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. No ownership markings. Very good dust jackets. PLEASE NOTE: The reason for the lower "good" rating is because I found some pages with yellow highlighting. In volume three I noticed pages 21-34 with highlighting. In volume four I noticed pages 253-261 with highlighting. Four Volume Set. Dust jackets are dark blue with dark yellow type face.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catena Aurea: A Commentary on the Four Gospels Collected Out of the Works of the Fathers (Four Volume Set)
• Publisher: Saint Austin Pr, England
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901157407
• ISBN 13: 9781901157406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jackets

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Synopsis

This great verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospels drawn from the writings of the Church Fathers was commissioned by Pope Urban IV and translated under the direction of the Ven. John Henry Newman in 1841.This edition includes a specially commissioned introduction by Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P. It also contains, for the first time in English, St. Thomas's own substantial dedicatory letter to Pope Urban IV, in which he describes how the commentary was composed.