Incomplete Commentary on Matthew: Opus imperfectum (vol. 2)

Description

referenced in St. Alphonsus's works

It appears in a Migne vol. under St. John Chrysostom's works:

• Patrologia Græca 56 cols. 611-946

It's been translated into English:

• Thomas C. Oden, ed., Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus Imperfectum) , trans. James A. Kellerman, vol. 1 & vol. 2, Ancient Christian Texts (Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2010)

From the translator's introduction:

As Thomas Aquinas was approaching Paris, a fellow traveler pointed out the lovely buildings gracing that city. Aquinas was impressed, to be sure, but he sighed and stated that he would rather have the complete Incomplete Commentary on Matthew than to be mayor of Paris itself. [CCL 87B:177-180]

Thomas's affection for the work attests its great popularity during the Middle Ages, despite its significant missing parts--everything beyond the end of Matthew 25, with further gaps of Matthew 8:11--10:15 and 13:14--18:35. Although there are gaps, what remains is quite lengthy, so much so that we offer the work in two volumes, comprising fifty-four homilies.

While the early-fifth-century author displays a few Arian propensities in a handful of passages, for the most part the commentary is moral in nature and therefore orthodox and generic. The unknown author, who for several centuries was thought to be John Chrysostom, follows the allegorizing method of the Alexandrians, but not by overlooking the literal meaning. His passion, above all, is to set forth the meaning of Matthew's Gospel for his readers.

which also says St. Thomas "had a predilection for the Opus Imp.* ", quoting it 444× in his Catena Aurea on St. Matthew! I count 445 occurrences of "Pseudo-Chrys."!

vol. 2 contents

General Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Translator's Introduction -- Incomplete Commentary on Matthew (Opus imperfectum) -- The Twenty-Eighth Homily: On Matthew 12 -- The Twenty-Ninth Homily: On Matthew 12 -- The Thirtieth Homily: On Matthew 12 and 13 -- The Thirty-First Homily: On Matthew 13 -- The Thirty-Second Homily: On Matthew 19 -- The Thirty-Third Homily: On Matthew 19 -- The Thirty-Fourth Homily: On Matthew 20 -- The Thirty-Fifth Homily: On Matthew 20 -- The Thirty-Sixth Homily: On Matthew 20 -- The Thirty-Seventh Homily: On Matthew 21 -- The Thirty-Eighth Homily: On Matthew 21 -- The Thirty-Ninth Homily: On Matthew 21 -- The Fortieth Homily: On Matthew 21 AND 22 -- The Forty-First Homily: On Matthew 22 -- The Forty-Second Homily: On Matthew 22 -- The Forty-Third Homily: On Matthew 23 -- The Forty-Fourth Homily: On Matthew 23 -- The Forty-Fifth Homily: On Matthew 23 -- The Forty-Sixth Homily: On Matthew 23 -- The Forty-Seventh Homily: On Matthew 24 -- The Forty-Eighth Homily: On Matthew 24 -- The Forty-Ninth Homily: On Matthew 24 -- The Fiftieth Homily: On Matthew 24 -- The Fifty-First Homily: On Matthew 24 -- The Fifty-Second Homily: On Matthew 25 -- The Fifty-Third Homily: On Matthew 25 -- The Fifty-Fourth Homily: On Matthew 25 -- Appendix.