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Introduction to Galatians The Galatians, soon after Saint Paul had preached the gospel to them, were seduced by some false teachers, who had been Jews, and who were for obliging all Christians, even those who had been Gentiles, to observe circumcision, and the other ceremonies of the Mosaical law. In this epistle he refutes the pernicious doctrine of those teachers, and also their calumny against his mission and apostleship. The subject matter of this epistle is much the same as of that to the Romans. It was written at Ephesus, about twenty-three years after our Lord's ascension. (Bishop Richard Challoner) Preface This study on Galatians has footnotes from commentators and Christian writers from many centuries, especially the Early Church Fathers and Medieval Bible commentators. My goal was to draw the best insights from the best of the best of traditional Catholic thinkers. Along with the footnotes are also a Bible text that has words linked to an online concordance so you can quickly find the words in other parts of the Bible. I have also provided a cross-reference to the Catechism of the Catholic Church that is linked to the Catechism so you can quickly read in the Catechism where it relates to the Scripture passages. Names of those who are quoted in this section Theodoret of Cyrus- 393 – 457AD Pope Benedict XVI - 1927- present Haimo of Auxerre- 9th Century Cornelius a Lapide- 1567-1637AD Ambrosiaster- 4th Century Bishop John McEvilly- 1818 - 1902AD St. Thomas Aquinas- 1225–1274AD St. John Chrysostom- 347-407AD St. Bruno- 1030 – 1101AD Peter Lombard- 1100 – 1160AD Theodore of Mopsuestia- 350 – 428AD St. Bede- 673-735AD Robert Grosseteste- 1170-1253AD Glossa Ordinaria- 12th Century St. Jerome- 331-420 Interlinear Gloss on Romans- 12th Century Pope John Paul II- 1920-2005 Franjo Cardinal Seper- 1905-1981AD Nicholas of Lyra- 1270–1349AD St. Maximus of Turin- 380- 465AD Ishodad of Merv- 850AD Bishop Richard Challoner- 1691 – 1781AD |