Iuxta uestigia patrum. Augustine's exegesis of Paul's Letter to the Romans in the Venerable Bede's Collectio ex opusculis sancti Augustini in epistulas Pauli apostoli KU Leuven
During the Middle Ages, anthologies played a significant role in the diffusion of the theology and exegesis of Augustine of Hippo (354-430). The recapitulation of the vast oeuvre of the African Church Father into more manageable collections of excerpts started very early, possibly even during his lifetime. A particular kind of anthology is the Pauline commentary that is composed exclusively of fragments from the works of the bishop of Hippo, ...