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Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 2

Gregory the Great · translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers) · c. 579–595; translation 1845

Gregory's great commentary on Job, read through the Middle Ages as a school of the spiritual life (books 11–22).

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From the opening: Book XIX

The interpretation being carried on from the last part of the twenty-first verse of the twenty-eighth chapter to the twenty-first verse of the following chapter exclusive, various meanings are laid open not less learnedly than piously, chiefly concerning Christ and the Church. 394

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Contents (53 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page
  3. Book XVII
  4. Book XVIII
  5. Book XIX
  6. Book XX
  7. Book XXI
  8. Book XXII
  9. Book XL
  10. Book XL
  11. Chapter XIII
  12. Chapter XIII
  13. Book XII
  14. XII
  15. Chapter XV — 1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a unse man answer as…
  16. Chapter XV — 1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a unse man answer as… (continued)
  17. Book XIII
  18. Book XIII
  19. Book XIV
  20. Book XIV
  21. Book XIV
  22. Book XIV
  23. Book XV
  24. Book XV
  25. Book XV
  26. Book XV
  27. Book XVI
  28. Book XVI
  29. Book XVI
  30. Book XVI
  31. Book XVI (continued)
  32. Book XVI (continued)
  33. Book XVI (continued)
  34. Book XVIII
  35. Book XVIII
  36. Book XVIII
  37. Book XVIII
  38. Book XVIII
  39. Book XIX
  40. Book XIX
  41. Canon, c. viii. art. xcix. where some a general review of authorities on the
  42. Canon, c. viii. art. xcix. where some a general review of authorities on the (continued)
  43. Book XX
  44. Chapter XXX — 1. But now they that are younger than I have
  45. Chapter XXX — 1. But now they that are younger than I have (continued)
  46. Chapter XXX — 1. But now they that are younger than I have (continued)
  47. Chapter XXX — 1. But now they that are younger than I have (continued)
  48. Book XXI
  49. Book XXI
  50. Book XXII
  51. Book XXII
  52. Book XXII
  53. Book XXII

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Chicago
Gregory the Great. Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 2. Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers). Internet Archive, c. 579–595; translation 1845. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo02greguoft
MLA
Gregory the Great. Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 2. Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Internet Archive, c. 579–595; translation 1845. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo02greguoft
APA
Gregory the Great (c. 579–595; translation 1845). Gregory the Great: Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 2 (Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Trans.). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/moralsonbookofjo02greguoft

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