St. Thomas Aquinas's biblical commentaries have been somewhat neglected. Similarly, many readers of the Bible do not spend much time with Colosians. This Commentary should assist not only in renewing interest in Aquinas's exegetical insights, but also in deepening our appreciation of the richness of the Epistle to the Colossians.
St. Thomas Aquinas's biblical commentaries have been somewhat neglected. Similarly, many readers of the Bible do not spend much time with Colosians. This pearl of a Commentary should assist not only in renewing interest in Aquinas's exegetical insights, but also in deepening our appreciation of the richness of the Epistle to the Colossians.
Aquinas, while studying at the University of Naples, joined the Dominican monastic order in 1244. Under St. Albert the Great he embarked on a life of teaching, preaching, and writing. He was formally canonized in 1323.