St. Bede the Venerable

Benedictine monk, Doctor of the Church, and historian. Among the scholars who used Jerome's version of Scripture exclusively.

Works

• Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Preliminaries

• PREFACE TO THE READER (1) — Listed among scholars who used Jerome's version

  "Remigius, Bede, Rabanus, Haymo, Anselm, Peter Damian"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Entered monastery at seven; devoted entire life to meditating on Scripture; commentaries on nearly all sacred books; in final illness labored on Gospel of John; died singing "Glory be to the Father" in 731

  "From England, hear Venerable Bede in his English History: "I," he says, "entered the monastery at the age of seven"

• The Fathers' Defense of the Old Testament — Published questions and phrases on the Pentateuch

  "St. Augustine, Theodoret, Bede, Procopius, and Jerome published questions and phrases"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Argumentum — Holds the better view that Genesis was written after the departure from Egypt

  "But Theodoret, Bede, and Tostatus hold a better view"

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• In the Beginning: Nine Interpretations — Cited alongside Basil for the view that heaven and earth were created before the first day

  "St. Basil and Bede think that heaven and earth were created not on the first day, but shortly before the first day"

• In the Beginning: Nine Interpretations — Cited for the seventh interpretation "As principal things"

  "So St. Ambrose, Procopius, and Bede."

• He Created — Cited for "to create" meaning to make from nothing

  "Rupert, book I on Genesis, ch. 3; Bede and Lyra here."

• God (Elohim): Thirteen Definitions — Cited for the view that from the beginning Adam and Eve called God Elohim

  "So Bede."

• Verse 3: And God said: Let there be light — Cited for the view that light was a luminous body

  "Bede, Hugh, the Master, St. Thomas, St. Bonaventure, Lyra, and Abulensis hold"

• Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament — Cited for denying stars are luminous of themselves (the minority view)

  "Albert, Avicenna, Bede, and Pliny (book II, ch. 6) deny this"

• Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament — Cited for the sun being produced at the beginning of Aries

  "So Bede"

• Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations — Listed among supporters of the empyrean heaven interpretation

  "Theophilus of Antioch, Junilius, Bede, Abulensis"

• Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations — Cited alongside Clement, Basil for the creation of empyrean, earth, and abyss

  "Saint Basil, Bede, Molina, and many others"

• Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations — Cited for angels created simultaneously with the world

  "so with Saint Augustine, Gregory, Rupert, and Bede"

Related

• St. Jerome