Jeremiah start 25/10/26

Finally got the website back updating. And now the commentary on Jeremiah from Olive Tree software.....two files on Jeremiah one from Ancient Christian Commentaries(ACC)and the other from Ancient Christian Texts(ACT) I didnt even fully realise that I had the two files ….one is the commentary on Jeremiah by Jerome(who is a doctor of the Church) and the other is various commentaries on Jeremiah. However in one them is given the issue of hermeneutics and the problem of the “Enlightenment” modernity and historical/textual criticism and how “hanging out” with the Church Fathers will give a different view of the text from a pre modern perspective. Now I just need to find the quote was it from Jerome or the other file?

Ok finally got it nailed down. It is in the ACT text in the Intro.

I quote

It should also be noted that for all their imaginative and intellectual capacities, the Fathers remained pastors. Their use of the sacred Scriptures was not the abstract debate of the academy but the concrete pastoral care and nurture of the church. Hence, their use of the Old and New Testaments is shaped by churchly needs. Homilies, catechesis, apologetic and liturgy are prominent. Even the few commentaries are deeply pastoral in that their exposition addresses the church’s life. If modern readers find it difficult to enter the biblical world and to think in its categories, the church fathers provide a helpful entry point. The obfuscating veils of the Enlightenment, modernity and postmodernism did not cloud their vision. As products of the Enlightenment modernity, contemporary readers are often limited by late twentieth century interpretations of Scripture. Yet this has not always been so. Long before the rise of historical-critical methods of biblical interpretation the church unabashedly read the Bible through the eye of faith, with uncommon spiritual and devotional insight. This hermeneutical clarity and openness to scriptural categories are great gifts that the church fathers offer us. Our capacity to think biblically will be enhanced by time spent in their company. Far from being ancient esoterica, these texts can enrich the thought and lives of Christians today.