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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 28

Let us then lay down daily laws for ourselves. For a time let us begin with the easier. Let us retrench all that superfluity of paths, and p

… a vision of something other than he thought for." [207] It can hardly be imagined that St. Chrysostom's meaning is correctly reported here. 'En arche tou diegmatos, can only mean, In the beginning of …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 204

III.

… above (Exercitat., i.) examines this passage of our author, and others, comparing them with passages from St. Chrysostom and St. Augustine, and with Justin Martyr (see vol. i. p. 178, this series, cap. 46). Bishop …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 233

Ver. 30-32. "For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now

… seeketh after? Nay, but the election hath obtained it;" which seems to be (at all events) St. Chrysostom's view of the passage. [1507] The course of thought here may be thus exhibited: God in …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 129

20. Let us therefore persuade it to make this first change for the better, by the avoidance of oaths; for although I spake to you yesterday,

… immediate judgment, but the effect of his feeling at the moment. OEcumenius speaks of 1 Cor. xi. 31, as not merely threatening death, but future punishment. Photius, Cat. Cramer, p. 223, speaks as St. Chrysostom.

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 239

Homily XXII.

… subjective (', B, A, E, L, P, It. Syr. vs. D. F. G.).--G.B.S. [1544] St. Chrysostom (on 2 Tim. i. 16, p. 189 O.T.) adopts and argues on the reading, mneiais, for …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 81

Again I see others stand talking while Prayer is going on; while the more consistent [593] of them (do this) not only during the Prayer, but

… had been taught this lesson already by the vision and had distinctly avowed his conviction (v. 35). Chrysostom's exposition is in the line of the latter interpretation; he forcibly calls this gift of the …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 8

Chapter IV.--Ceremonies of Baptism and Chrism.

… seen, immediately after the renunciation in the outer chamber, the other at the very time of immersion. Chrysostom [181] clearly distinguishes two Confessions, but places one before Baptism, and the other after: "What can be …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 148

THE TEACHING OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES.

… 120 folios (240 pp.) are as follows:-- I. Synopsis of the Old and New Testaments, by St. Chrysostom (fol. 1-32). II. The Epistle of Barnabas (fol. 33-51b). III. The two Epistles of Clement …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 5

Homily III.

… compel them to come in." But our Lord is there speaking of the kingdom of heaven, S. Chrysostom here, of heaven itself. [A better answer is that the words denote not physical violence or literal …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 82

And see how in this also He shows forth great moderation: in that He said not, "I have it indeed, but despise it," but "I have it not." Sees

… Even in Homily LXIII., where the incident is commented upon, Chrysostom does not directly attribute this language, as given above, to Matthew's Gospel.--R.] [1163] Matt. xii. 47, 48. [1164] John vii. 4, 6 …

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Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 34

Ver. 10. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them."

… Amen. [215] [The Commentators, except Meyer, refer the nekrous to spiritual death, as Chrysostom does. Meyer refers it to "eternal death, the eternal condemnation," and says the nekrous is proleptic. He distinctly says it does …

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Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 253

Homily III.

… 1566] The sense naturally leads to this transition to the singular, which is not uncommon in St. Chrysostom. [1567] B. and Ven. add, "May both obtain His help here, and." Homily III. Philemon i. 17 …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 169

[1827] de Decr. §§2, 24, 27.

… imp. i. 75. It may be added that the heretical name adheres, the Catholic dies away. S. Chrysostom draws a second distinction, Are we divided from the Church? have we heresiarchs? are we called from …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 106

[756] Mod. text, "But it is not of these things that he speaks. And what raising up, you will say, does he mean? That after Babylon." We poi

… but the word is used in the Greek of Chrysostom's time, in the sense "conceal," for which Schneider s. v. refers to Valesius on Harpocrat. p. 145. Gronov. in which sense we have rendered …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 62

Say, what are the Scriptures for? For as much as in you lies, it is all undone. What is the Church for? Tie up [466] the Bibles: perhaps the

… 37th verse (Philip's answer and the Eunuch's confession) seems to have been absent from St. Chrysostom' copy (unless indeed it is implied in the passage just cited). It is found in Laud's …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 197

[1820] graphikes technes.

… 299, tois tes aretes dromois), which, as sanctioned in the New Testament, Chrysostom so often uses. [1832] houtos answers to kathaper, not to hos above. [1833] shadowy phantoms of the departed are often seen. Cf …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 10

In fact the appeal of Basil seems to have failed to elicit the response he desired, not so much from the independent tone of his letters, wh

… Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom. [300] 1894. [301] Basil lived at the period when the relics of martyrs and saints were beginning to be collected and honoured. (e.g. Ep. cxcvii.) To Damasus …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 2

Council of Tyana.

… It may be that both these writers have confounded Basil of Cæsarea with the Basil to whom Chrysostom dedicated his De Sacerdotio, and who was perhaps the bishop of Raphanea, who signed the creed of …

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Chrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 164

More than this: he was a Levite. The particular line of argument adopted in the main part of the Epistle to the Hebrews is one which would h

… John Chrysostom, archbishop of constantinople, on the epistle to the hebrews Published after his Falling Asleep, from Notes by Constantine, Presbyter of Antioch. ------------------------ Argument. and Summary of the Epistle. [1.] The blessed Paul, writing to …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 22

It behoves us, then, to be on the watch on all sides, and to make a careful search lest any spark of this desire should be secretly smoulder

… for who knows not how far removed you are from this infirmity? Chrysostom: Why then, my good friend, do you wish to bring me near the pyre, and to provoke the wild beast when he …

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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 139

Epistle of the Synod of Jerusalem in behalf of Athanasius (iii. 22).

… works.............................. viii. 1. Diodorus, bishop of Tarsus, works.................................................................. . viii. 2. Theodore, bishop of Mopsuestia, works.......................................................... viii. 2. Chrysostom, Ep. to Theodore............................................................... ........... viii. 2. ----on Eutropius.............................................................. .............................. viii. 7. ----Vices of females................................................................ ...................... viii. 16. ----Extempore discourse after …

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Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 248

Others not only divest themselves of riches, but macerate their bodies, as travelers in the narrow way. Instead of doing this, thou heatest

… John Chrysostom, archbishop of constantinople, on the epistle of St. paul the apostle to Philemon. ------------------------ Argument. First, it is necessary to state the argument of the Epistle, then also the matters that are questioned respecting …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 21

Canon XIV.

… of the Church often rendered it necessary to make exceptions, as happened in the case of St. Chrysostom. These exceptional cases increased almost immediately after the holding of the Council of Nice, so that in …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 189

Let us then become worthy of His spotless hands. Let us invite Him to strike even upon our heart. For He rather needeth not any inviting. On

… xiii. 8.) and so to the idea of "Testament," in the Ep. to the Galatians. [1295] St. Chrysostom understands pros ton theon not "as claiming credit with God," but "glorying in reference to God," in …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 24

[288] i.e., man.

… But Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, and most commentators, regard it rather as a sign of God's patience and long-suffering, in giving them that space for repentance. And this appears to be confirmed by the …

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Ambrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… John Chrysostom. Council of Sardica. St. Athanasius restored. 348. Birth of Prudentius the Christian poet. 349. Synod of Sirmium against Photinus. 350. Death of the Emperor Constans. St. Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers. Magnentius proclaimed Emperor …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 44

Letter II.

… elude the vigilance of God, so that it is not quite appropriate here. [241] Isa. lix. 2. Chrysostom by mistake attributes the quotation to Jeremiah. [242] 1 Cor. v. 5. [243] 2 Cor. ii. 6 …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 43

8. God then is One, the Father, the Almighty, whom the brood of heretics have dared to blaspheme. Yea, they have dared to blaspheme the Lord

… in Luke iv. 6, is quoted both by Cyril and by other Fathers as if from Haggai. Chrysostom (Hom. xxxiv. § 5, in 1 Cor. xiii.) treats the use which some made of the misquotation as …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 20

If thou also weep thus, thou art become a follower of thy Lord. Yea, for He also wept, both over Lazarus, and over the city; and touching Ju

… him and were baptized, and became doers of his word." This work has been attributed to St. Chrysostom, and seems certainly of the same date with him. [277] [Literally, "were they."--R.] [278] [anothen, "from …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 76

What followed upon this [455] it is by no means easy to describe: indeed it is not possible to set before you a just representation of the c

… the season during which Justina's persecution of St. Ambrose took place, and the proceedings against St. Chrysostom at Constantinople. On the Paschal Vigils, vid. Tertull. ad Uxor. ii. 4. [Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. iv …

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