I have the Collegeville Bible Commentaryfor the New American Bible, but it seems really technical. Is this a good commentary?
We are unable to recommend the Collegeville Bible Commentary. It is characterized by one-sided, liberal Bible scholarship and lack of fidelity to the Church’s teachings. A good example of this is the commentary on Romans 1:18-32. In that passage of the Bible Paul states that because pagans worshiped creatures rather than the Creator, “God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error” (Rom. 1:26-27). The Collegeville Bible Commentary states “‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ should be more accurately translated ‘culturally approved’ and ‘culturally disapproved.'” This is linguistic nonsense. The Greek word here for “natural” is the adjectival form of phusis, from which we get “physics.” The term means “according to [a thing’s] nature.” It
I have the Collegeville Bible Commentaryfor the New American Bible, but it seems really technical. Is this a good commentary?