{"product_id":"morals-on-the-book-of-job","title":"Morals on the Book of Job: Complete in Five Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoly Scripture is like a river, both shallow and deep, wherein the lamb may find a footing and the elephant may swim.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:1.6em 0 .4em;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot yet released.\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition is set and in production. Write to the press and we will let you know the day it goes on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:0 0 1.9em;\"\u003eOn release, each volume is ordered separately, and orders are placed and shipped through IngramSpark. This page is a catalogue listing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Gregory the Great (c. 540–604), monk, then Pope, and Doctor of the Church, began the \u003cem\u003eMorals on the Book of Job\u003c\/em\u003e while he was the papal representative at Constantinople, and finished it after he became Pope. It is his longest work, and the fullest of his mind: a verse-by-verse exposition of the whole Book of Job, in thirty-five books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGregory reads Job in three senses at once: the plain history; the allegory, by which Job and his friends foreshadow Christ and His Church; and the moral sense, by which every verse becomes a mirror for the soul. Holy Scripture, he says, is like a river, both shallow and deep, wherein the lamb may find a footing and the elephant may swim. From this vast work the Latin Church drew much of its moral and spiritual teaching for a thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Sanctified Souls Press edition gives the text complete, in the thirty-five books and the dedicatory Epistle to Leander, in the public-domain English of the Library of the Fathers. The single work is issued in five volumes on account of its length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe volumes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e4dccd;margin:.5em 0 1.8em;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume One  ·  Books I–VII\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe Epistle to Leander opens the work, with Gregory's account of the three senses of Scripture; then Job in his prosperity, the trial, the loss of all, and the coming of his friends. Paperback and hardcover, 390 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume Two  ·  Books VIII–XIV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe long contention with the friends, and Gregory's teaching on the temptations of the holy, on patience, and on the discernment of the heart. Paperback and hardcover, 378 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume Three  ·  Books XV–XXII\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe middle of the disputation, with the great passages on the preachers of the Church, on hypocrisy, and on the hope of the resurrection: I know that my Redeemer liveth. Paperback and hardcover, 420 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume Four  ·  Books XXIII–XXIX\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe close of the friends' speeches and Job's last defence, with Gregory on the active and the contemplative life and on the ordering of the soul. Paperback and hardcover, 358 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #e4dccd;padding:16px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.03em;color:#3D2E1E;\"\u003eVolume Five  ·  Books XXX–XXXV\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:#8a7a63;margin:5px 0 0;\"\u003eThe words of Elihu, the voice of the Lord out of the whirlwind, Behemoth and Leviathan, and the restoration of Job at the last. Paperback and hardcover, 338 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint Gregory the Great (c. 540–604), Pope, Father and Doctor of the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated in the Library of the Fathers, Oxford, 1844–1850\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne work complete in five volumes: the thirty-five books entire, with the dedicatory Epistle to Leander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSanctified Souls, Heritage Editions · Saint Gregory the Great, Book Three\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, cream paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:#8a7a63;margin:1.6em 0 0;\"\u003eCover: \u003cem\u003eSaint Gregory the Great surrounded by Saints\u003c\/em\u003e by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), oil on canvas, 1606–07; Musée de Grenoble. Public domain. The five grounds are drawn from the painting and run from the red of the robes through wine, plum, and indigo to the slate-blue of the dress.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanctified Souls","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53048871944473,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4616\/0921\/files\/gregory-morals-job-vol-1.jpg?v=1787543196","url":"https:\/\/sanctifiedsouls.com\/products\/morals-on-the-book-of-job","provider":"Sanctified Souls","version":"1.0","type":"link"}