About the Author
Mike Aquilina
Mike Aquilina is author of more than seventy books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion. He is co-founder, with Scott Hahn, of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, based in Steubenville, Ohio. Mike serves as contributing editor of Angelus News and general editor of the Reclaiming Catholic History series published by Ave Maria Press. He has hosted eleven television series on EWTN and is past editor of New Covenant magazine and The Pittsburgh Catholic newspaper. He is also a songwriter whose works have been recorded by Dion, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck, Amy Grant, Carlene Carter, Peter Frampton, and many others.
What People Are Saying
A learned and accessible study solidly based on the Church’s millennial tradition. How the Fathers Read the Bible will be a resource for all those interested in the Holy Scripture, and specifically how the Fathers understood and interpreted it in the East and the West, from St. Clement of Rome to St. Clement of Alexandria, from St. John Chrysostom to St. Augustine.
Ines Angeli Murzaku
Director of Catholic Studies Program, Seton Hall University
Mike Aquilina is a worthy and adventuresome guide to escort the reader on a tour through the patristic era, as he introduces the Fathers and permits their voices to be heard concerning the Church’s Biblical doctrine. Aquilina supplies substantial quotes illumining the contours of patristic exegesis, that is, the Fathers’ manner of interpreting the Bible. Aquilina lets the Fathers do what the Fathers have done best for two millennia: draw the believer more deeply into the sacred page, especially at its liturgical proclamation.
Kevin M. Clarke
Assistant Professor of Sacred Scripture, St. Patrick’s Seminary and University
In his masterful way, Mike Aquilina has given us a book that weaves Scripture, patristics, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that is graceful and simple. It makes Scripture and patristics easy and even fun, always focused on Jesus. It is a book from the Church for anyone searching for Jesus from any tradition. Any serious seeker of Jesus or the Church will find benefit here. Thank you, Mike, for another great manuscript.
John Michael Talbot
Founder, Spiritual Father, and General Minister of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, Little Portion Hermitage
In his focus on the radiance of the Gospel in the thought and practice of the Church Fathers, Mike Aquilina both discloses and cultivates a fundamental dynamic of the Catholic faith: the life-sustaining relationship between Scripture and the Mass. This highly accessible study animates the living mystery of the Word made flesh and anchors it to the tradition of Scripture as sacrament in the liturgical life of the Church. Highly recommended.
Michael P. Murphy
Department of Theology, Director, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Loyola University Chicago
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<p>A great worth of knowledge what the scripture means on a personal level to those Christians that was before us.</p>
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