Gerald Lewis Bray

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1) Doing theology with the reformers

Author

Bray, Gerald Lewis

Publisher

IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

x, 276 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

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The Reformation was a time of tremendous upheaval, renewal, and vitality in the life of the church. The challenge to maintain and develop faithful Christian belief and practice in the midst of great disruption was reflected in the theology of the sixteenth century. In this volume, which serves as a companion to IVP Academic's Reformation Commentary on Scripture, theologian and church historian Gerald L. Bray immerses readers in the world of Reformation...

2) How the Church Fathers read the Bible: a short introduction

Author

Bray, Gerald Lewis

Publisher

Lexham Press

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

194 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

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"Read the Scriptures with the insight of our forebears. Christians live in the house built by the church fathers. The fathers' reading of the Scriptures shaped key doctrines that are essential to Christianity. But appreciating how the fathers read the Bible is not just for the historically curious, as if it were only a matter of literary archaeology. Nor should it be intimidating. Rather, the fathers gleaned insights from Scripture that continue to...

3) 1-2 Corinthians

Series

Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament
Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. New Testament volume 7

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

xxiii, 348 pages ; 26 cm.

Language

English

4) Galatians, Ephesians

Series

Reformation commentary on Scripture. New Testament volume 10

Pub. Date

2011

Physical Desc

lvii, 446 pages : map ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

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The gospel of justification by faith alone was discovered afresh by the Reformers in the epistolary turrets of the New Testament: the letters to the Galatians and the Ephesians. At the epicenter of the exegetical revolution that rocked the Reformation era was Paul's letter to the Galatians. There Luther, Calvin, Bullinger and scores of others perceived the true gospel of Paul enlightening a situation parallel to their own times -- the encroachment...

5) Romans

Series

Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. New Testament volume 6

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

xxvii, 404 pages ; 26 cm.

Language

English

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A Christianity Today 1999 Book of the Year! St. Paul's Letter to the Romans has long been considered the theological high-water mark of the New Testament. It was no less regarded by the ancient church, and patristic interpreters have left us an abundance of valuable comment on Romans. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Romans collects the best and most representative of patristic commentary and homily on Romans, and it brings to the public some...

6) James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude

Series

Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. Old Testament
Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture. New Testament volume 11

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

288 pages ; 26 cm.

Language

English

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Allusions to these letters go back as far as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus and Tertullian, but the first commentary derives from Clement of Alexandria. Didymus the Blind was the next significant Greek-speaking commentator, though his commentary is fully extant only in Latin translation. Many of the comments from the early centuries have been passed on to us through Latin catenae, or chain commentaries, in which a later commentator collected comments from...