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What lost bible commentary did St. Thomas want more than an entire kingdom?
« on: March 02, 2023, 06:55:01 PM »
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    • I've heard it claimed that St. Thomas Aquinas desired to obtain a manuscript of a biblical commentary (by St. John Chrysostom?) more than he desired to posses an entire kingdom. What is the source of this story?
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    Re: What lost bible commentary did St. Thomas want more than an entire kingdom?
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    • G. K. Chesterton, St. Thomas Aquinas (1933) ch. 4:
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    As he entered Paris, they showed him from the hill that splendour of new spires beginning, and somebody said something like, “How grand it must be to own all this.” And Thomas Aquinas only muttered, “I would rather have that Chrysostom MS. I can’t get hold of.”
    Brian Davies, O.P., The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (2015) p. 7:
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    According to one story he is said to have been asked if he would like to be lord of Paris. He is supposed to have replied that he would not know what to do with the city and that he would rather have the (presumably lost) homilies of St John Chrysostom (c.347–407) on the Gospel of St Matthew.29
    29. Cf. Ferrua, Thomae Aquinatis …, 318.
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