Morals on the Book of Job (4 vols.)

by Gregory the Great

Publishers:

John Henry Parker; J. G. F. & J. Rivington; Francis & John Rivington

, 1844–1845

Overview

St. Gregory the Great’s massive three-volume commentary on the book of Job is thought to have been started in 578, before his papacy, and finished in Rome around 595. He explicates the book in a detailed three-part structure: historical, allegorical, and moral application. Like many of his other writings, his interpretation of Job focuses on the symbolic and how those symbols relate to living a life of integrity. Modern students of the Bible continue to benefit from this Latin Father’s analysis of Job.

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Key Features

• Analyzes the book of Job while highlighting the extensive imagery
• Tackles challenging topics such as free will, predestination, and grace
• Presents the relevance of the text for today’s audience in regard to integrity and faithfulness
• Offers a look at the big picture examined in all three volumes
• Contains details surrounding the compilation of this three volume work

Product Details

• Title: Morals on the Book of Job
• Author: St. Gregory the Great
• Translator: Charles Marriott
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publisher: John Henry Parker
• Volumes: 4
• Pages: 2,136
• Christian Group: Anglican
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Topic: Biblical Studies

Morals on the Book of Job, vol. 1

• Author: St. Gregory the Great
• Translator: Charles Marriott
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publisher: John Henry Parker
• Publication Date: 1844
• Pages: 621

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The first volume of this massive work covers chapters 1–12 of the Book of Job. It also includes a preface to the entire work, explaining the background and the methods Gregory the Great uses to analyze the text.

Throughout the whole church, and in particular England, the works of St. Gregory became the foundation of the moral, theological, and spiritual teaching during the centuries after his death. It is not too much to say that his Morals on the Book of Job and his treatise on the Pastoral Charge long formed the storehouses from which generations of spiritual writers drew their inspirations, their ideas, and frequently their very words.

—The Dublin Review

Morals on the Book of Job, vol. 2

• Author: St. Gregory the Great
• Translator: Charles Marriott
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publisher: John Henry Parker
• Publication Date: 1845
• Pages: 597

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Volume 2 of the Morals on the Book of Job covers chapters 12–31, focusing on the moral instruction that can be gleaned from this book of wisdom. In his discussion of chapters 28 and 29, he specifically discusses the church and distress caused by heretics.

Morals on the Book of Job, vol. 3, pt. 1

• Author: St. Gregory the Great
• Translator: Charles Marriott
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publisher: John Henry Parker
• Publication Date: 1847
• Pages: 360

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The first part of volume 3, covers chapters 32–38. Saint Gregory discusses each verse, but focuses on a system of ethics that can be derived from Christian doctrine. He offers instruction on avoiding the “snares of Satan,” and describes both the grace and judgments of God.

Morals on the Book of Job, vol. 3, pt. 2

• Author: St. Gregory the Great
• Translator: Charles Marriott
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publisher: John Henry Parker
• Publication Date: 1850
• Pages: 558

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The last part of this three-volume work on Job explicates chapters 38–41. Gregory the Great writes on the significant issue of free will and predestination, and describes the powers of both God and Satan. The final section reviews his message as a whole.

About St. Gregory the Great

Saint Gregory the Great (AD 540–AD 604) was born into Roman nobility and was prefect of Rome before converting the family estate into a monastery dedicated to St. Andrew, where he remained until AD 579, when he was appointed as apocrisiarius to Constantinople. He began his papacy in AD 590 under the name Pope Gregory I.

Gregory was a great leader, with successful missionary campaigns that changed the reach of Christianity in Europe. He was also an able reformer, and was known as “the Father of Christian Worship” for his work in developing the liturgy of his day. Upon his death, he was immediately declared a saint by popular acclamation, and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and some Lutheran churches. Much of Gregory’s abundant work has survived, including Morals on the Book of Job and Dialogues.

About Charles Marriott

Charles Marriott (1811–1858) was an Anglican priest, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and one of the members of the Oxford movement.