Balthasar Cordier (b. at Antwerp, 7 June 1592; d. at Rome, 24 June 1650) was a Belgian Jesuit exegete and editor of patristic works. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1612, and after teaching Greek, moral theology, and Sacred Scripture, devoted himself to translating and editing manuscripts of Greek catenae

Catena (Biblical commentary)

A catena is a form of biblical commentary, verse by verse, made up entirely of excerpts from earlier Biblical commentators, each introduced with the name of the author, and with such minor adjustments of words to allow the whole to form a continuous commentary.The texts are mainly compiled from...

and other works of the Greek Fathers, for which he searched the libraries of Europe.

Works

He published the following:

• (1) Catena sexaginta quinque Patrum græcorum in S. Lucam" (Antwerp, 1628);
• (2) Catena Patrum græcorum in S. Joannem" (Antwerp, 1630);
• (3) Joannis Philoponi in cap. I Geneseos ... libri septem" (Antwerp, 1630);
• (4) S. Cyrilli apologiæ morales" (Vienna, 1630);
• (5) Opera S. Dionysii Areopagitæ cum S. Maximi scholiis" (Antwerp, 1634);
• (6) Expositio Patrum græcorum in Psalmos" (Antwerp, 1643–46);
• (7) Symbolæ in Matthæum" (2 vols., of which, however, only the second is by him; Toulouse, 1646–47);
• (8) S. Dorothei archimandritæ institutiones asceticæ" (Antwerp, 1646);
• (9) S. P. N. Cyrilli archiepiscopi Alexandini homiliæ XIX in Jeremiam" (Antwerp, 1648) - in this case his critical acumen was at fault; these homilies are Origen
  Origen
  Origen , or Origen Adamantius, 184/5–253/4, was an early Christian Alexandrian scholar and theologian, and one of the most distinguished writers of the early Church. As early as the fourth century, his orthodoxy was suspect, in part because he believed in the pre-existence of souls...
  
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He is also the author of a commentary on the Book of Job

Book of Job

The Book of Job , commonly referred to simply as Job, is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of Job, his trials at the hands of Satan, his discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. The book is a...

, "Job Illustratus" (Antwerp, 1646; reprinted in Migne

Migné

Migné is a commune in the Indre department in central France.-References:*...

's Cursus S. Scripturæ". XIII and XIV, and in Campon's edition of Cornelius a Lapide

Cornelius a Lapide

Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide was a Flemish Jesuit and exegete.-Life:He was born at Bocholt, in Belgian Limburg...

).