Wesselschmidt, Quentin F. (ред.) Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Psalms 51-150

InterVarsity Press, 2007. — ISBN: 978-0830814787
Serial: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Old testament, VIII: Psalms 51-150
Edited by: Quentin F. Wesselschmidt.
The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment and rage with anger.The church fathers employed the Psalms widely. In liturgy they used them both as hymns and as Scripture readings. Within them they found pointers to Jesus both as Son of God and as Messiah. They also employed the Psalms widely as support for other New Testament teachings, as counsel on morals and as forms for prayer.Especially noteworthy in Psalms 51-150 was the church father’ use of Psalms in the great doctrinal controversies. The Psalms were used to oppose subordinationism, modalism, Arianism, Apollinarianism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism and Monophysitism, among others. More than fifty church fathers are cited in this valuable volume.