From Reformation to Reformation

3. The Occasion of the Epistle. Saint Augustine, libro de fide et operibus, chapter 14, thinks that the occasion of writing, as for...

2. It was written to the elect sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Bithynia, inasmuch as he previously...

Verse 13:[1] And I beheld, (Rev. 14:6; 19:17) and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, (Rev....

1. The Author of the Epistle is Saint Peter. The author of the Epistle is Πέτρος, Ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Peter, an Apostle of Jesus...

Verse 6:[1] And Samuel said unto the people, (Mic. 6:4) It is the LORD that advanced (or, made[2]) Moses and Aaron, and that brought...

The Author of the Epistle is Saint Peter, 1. It was written to the elect sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia,...

HOLY FATHERS: Clement of Alexandria, Zonaras.[1] REFORMED: Laurentius, Pareus, Zwingli, Antonides.[2] English: Manton,[3] Mayer,...

HOLY FATHERS: None separately. REFORMED: Drusius, Gwalther, Lavater, Strigelius, Burman, Wolf. English: Arthur Jackson, John Mayer,...

HOLY FATHERS: Didymus Alexandrinus,[1] Œcumenius, Clement of Alexandria. REFORMED: Alsted,[2] Aretius, Calvin, Gomarus. English:...

Verse 1:[1] And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto (1 Sam. 8:5, 19, 20) your voice in all that ye said unto me,...

The parts: I. Concerning patience in temptations, and the origin of these, chapter 1. II. Concerning respect of persons in preferring...

Verse 12:[1] (Is. 13:10; Amos 8:9) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the...

The Parts of the book are: I. The elevation of Esther, Chapters 1; 2, in which are: 1. The occasion of this elevation, the feast of the...

8. The parts of the Epistle are as many as the chapters, inasmuch as it was written in a very free manner. Interpreters of the Epistle,...

7. Chronotaxis. The time of writing is not able to be determined with certainty. It is not of much importance to our faith and...

6. The Argument of the Epistle. Its great usefulness at this time. Therefore, thus the Holy Apostle exhorts the twelve dispersed tribes...

Samuel having appointed a king unto the people, testifieth his own integrity, to which they witness, 1-5. He setteth before them the...

5. The occasion for the Epistle was twofold, the afflictions of the faithful and the distortion of the Apostolic doctrine concerning...

5. The parts of the book are two: I. The rise of Esther from the condition of a ward to Royal marriage with Ahasuerus (Esther 1; 2). ...

5. The history of one hundred and eighteen years is narrated in it. In this book is described the history of one hundred and eighteen...