Fun with multiple editions of Migne鈥檚 Patrologia Latina

Engraved portrait of J.-P. Migne

There are a pair of references in Cranfield鈥檚 ( affiliate disclosure) and Moo鈥檚 ( affiliate disclosure) Romans commentaries to comments by Ambrosiaster about the origin of the Christian community in Rome, and I鈥檝e been curious to give this reference a look.聽Both authors cite the reference as found in J.-P. Migne鈥檚 Patrologia latina, vol.聽17, col.聽46 (Cranfield, xiii, 17n2; Moo, 4n7).

My go-to index for online PDFs from Migne鈥檚 Greek or Latin patrologies is Documenta Catholica Omnia. The index for PL, vol.聽17,聽indicates that聽cols. 45-184A are Ambrosiaster鈥檚 commentary on Romans. Clicking through to the archived PDF, however, I noticed the first column in the document was col.聽47.聽The Latin quotation as excerpted by Cranfield occurs in col.聽48 (not 46, per Cranfield鈥檚 and Moo鈥檚 citations).

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January 26, 2017 路 3 min 路 J. David Stark