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Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 1

Gregory the Great · translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers) · c. 579–595; translation 1844

Gregory's great commentary on Job, read through the Middle Ages as a school of the spiritual life (books 1–10).

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From the opening: Book VIII

He explains part of the sixth chapter, from verse 27, and the whole of the seventh and eighth chapters. In the course of this exposition, from verse 1 1, to the end of the eighth chapter, he speaks at length on the sin of hypocrisy. 414

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Contents (55 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page
  3. Preface
  4. Preface (continued)
  5. The Epistle
  6. Book IV
  7. Book V
  8. Book VI
  9. Book VII
  10. Book VIII
  11. Book IX
  12. Book X
  13. Books of the Morals
  14. The Epistle
  15. The First Part
  16. The First Part (continued)
  17. Book I
  18. Book I
  19. Book I
  20. Book I
  21. Book I
  22. Book I
  23. Book III
  24. Book III
  25. Book III
  26. Book IV
  27. Book IV
  28. Book IV
  29. Book IV
  30. Book V
  31. Book V
  32. Book V
  33. Book V
  34. Book V
  35. Book VI
  36. Book VI
  37. Book VI
  38. Book VI
  39. Book VII
  40. Book VII
  41. Book VII
  42. Book VIIL
  43. Chapter VII — 1. The life of man u/)on earth is a ivarfare
  44. Chapter VII — 1. The life of man u/)on earth is a ivarfare (continued)
  45. Chapter VII — 1. The life of man u/)on earth is a ivarfare (continued)
  46. Chapter VII — 1. The life of man u/)on earth is a ivarfare (continued)
  47. Chapter VII — 1. The life of man u/)on earth is a ivarfare (continued)
  48. Book IX
  49. Book IX
  50. Book IX
  51. Chapter X — 1. My soul is weary of my life
  52. Chapter X — 1. My soul is weary of my life (continued)
  53. Book X
  54. Book X
  55. Book X

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Chicago
Gregory the Great. Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 1. Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers). Internet Archive, c. 579–595; translation 1844. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo01greguoft
MLA
Gregory the Great. Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 1. Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Internet Archive, c. 579–595; translation 1844. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo01greguoft
APA
Gregory the Great (c. 579–595; translation 1844). Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 1 (Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Trans.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo01greguoft

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