How Long to Read Catena Aurea

How Long Does it Take to Read Catena Aurea?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read Catena Aurea by Saint Thomas (Aquinas)

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The latter twentieth century and early twenty-first century has seen a revival of interest in the biblical commentary of the church fathers. Noteworthy evidence is supplied by the ongoing publication of two major patristic commentaries by Eerdmans and InterVarsity Press. During the thirteenth century the western church experienced a similar revival of interest in the church fathers, with many Eastern texts being translated from Greek to Latin for the first time, and thereby becoming available to a wider public. There was also an increasing hunger for access to the original message of Scripture as understood by early Christians, and to this, it was felt, the church fathers held the key. It was Pope Urban IV who commissioned St. Thomas to compile the 'Catena' in a bid to make readily available to the academic public an orthodox patristic commentary on the Gospels. The Oxford Movement was the catalyst for this English translation by John Henry Newman in 1841. The 'Catena' is not as original as Thomas's other writings, but manifests an intimate acquaintance with the fathers of the church and provides an excellent compliment to the modern attempts to understand how the fathers read scripture.

How long is Catena Aurea?

Catena Aurea by Saint Thomas (Aquinas) is 382 pages long, and a total of 96,264 words.

This makes it 129% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Catena Aurea Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 46 minutes to read Catena Aurea aloud.

What Reading Level is Catena Aurea?

Catena Aurea is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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