The Explanation by Blessed Theophylact of the Holy Gospel According to St. Matthew

By: C. Stade

Narrated by: Nathan Williams

This classic Eastern Orthodox commentary on the Gospel of Matthew was written in about the year 1100 A.D. by Theophylact of Bulgaria, a brilliant and saintly Byzantine churchman. Blessed Theophylact distills the teaching of the early Church Fathers, especially St. John Chrysostom, in language that is profound, powerful, and direct. His commentary has remained a primary text on New Testament interpretation throughout the Christian East. Translated from the original Greek text.

©1992 Chrysostom Press (P)2014 Nathan K. Williams

Explanation of Matthew by the blessed Theophylact

I enjoyed this book very much. The reader was great.. The material was very educational. a great way to disseminate the material!

Brilliant, except...

It actually appears to accuse the Mother of God of vain glory in the passage where the Mother and step brothers of Jesus send Him a message that they wish to speak to Him! I hope I am completely wrong, please correct me if I am. Truly I have no wish to be right about such a thing. The narrator did excellent work

Well done.

Explanations shed a lot of light, insight, context, and perspective.

Please record other patristic works.

Thank you.

Enlightening

Knowledge of the early fathers. Provides us the commentary for the Gospel of Matthew. A must have.

Proper spiritual food

A sober reading by a Deacon of the Orthodox Church. The text is one of those gold nuggets of wisdom and enlightens the sometimes esoteric text of the Holy Gospel.