Ancient Christian commentary on Scripture <subTitle>New Testament</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partNumber>vol.9</partNumber> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Gorday, Peter</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1944-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>InterVarsity</publisher> <dateIssued>2000</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>346tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>26cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>For the early church fathers, certain passages in the shorter letters of St. Paul proved particularly important in doctrinal disputes and practical church matters. Pivotal in controversies with the Arians and the Gnostics, the most commented-on christological text in these letters was Colossians 1:15-20, where Jesus is declared `the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.` This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume opens up a treasure house of ancient wisdom that allows these faithful witnesses, some appearing here in English translation for the first time, to speak with eloquence and intellectual acumen to the church today.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Peter Gorday</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Epistles</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Epistles -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600 -- Sources</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Epistles -- Commentaries</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.7</classification> <classification authority="ddc">A541-S43</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0830814949</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/2/18/_3118488656_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/2/18/_3118488656_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070517.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>