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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 167

Homily XXI.

… St. Chrysostom's usual reading of the passage. As e.g. in his commentary on the text itself Hom. xviii. on St. Matthew, Oxf. Translation p. 277. [This edition p. 126.] [882] boa. Homily XXI …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 266

[1698] At Rome also there were, as in so many other places, those who, either within or in contact with the church, made divisions and perve

… For I think they are equal in merits because they are equal in suffering." He also says in the same Homily, "To Peter, as to a good Steward, He gave the key of the Kingdom …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 83

[748] Quis Dives salvetur, chap. 42.

… XL., gives the reason for this use of the word: "We call baptism a seal," he says, "because it is a preservative and a sign of ownership." Chrysostom, in his third Homily on 2 Cor …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 136

[1023] Neither of the two ideas which Chrys. draws from v. 25--(a) that though absent in body, he would be present with them in spirit; (b)

… that in this passage where the reading vacillates between Kuriou and theou, while the report of the Homily has given us theou, the citation of the N. T. text favors the reading Kuriou. The great …

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Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 64

… Amen. [362] [This way of putting it would imply that there is an intermediate place, neither hell nor heaven, which Chrysostom felt; and so he corrects himself a little below. This does not appear to …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 67

Chapter XI.--Of the Holy Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus.

… Chrysostom's homily in their honour. The Basilian menology mentions Juventinus under Oct. 9. Chapter XII.--Of Valentinianus the great Emperor. Valentinianus, [637] who shortly afterwards became emperor, was at that time a Tribune and …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 212

6. It is most significant, that, as St. Paul was not present at the institution of the Lord's Supper, he was, nevertheless, "not behind the

… Then followed an exhortation from one or more of the presbyters; and the bishop or president delivered a Homily or Sermon, explanatory, it should seem, of the Scripture which had been read, and exciting the …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 70

Canon XIX.

… John Chrysostom. St. John Chrysostom often quotes lines of thought and even prayers taken from the liturgy. Bingham [190] was the first to have the idea of gathering together and putting in order these scattered …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 151

9. For indeed a dreadful disease, beloved, dreadful and needing much attendance, hath fallen on the church. Those, namely, who are enjoined

… Chrysostom alludes to it again in Homily LVIII. 1.--R.] [2172] Luke ix. 31. [2173] Exod. iv. 10. [2174] Exod. xxxii. 32. [2175] Luke ix. 54, 55. [The latter clause is omitted in the R …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 97

16. Dost thou then perceive that if a man does not injure himself, no one else will be able to harm him? Behold at least youthfulness, and c

… 3. [895] 1 Kings xvii. 12. [896] Luke xxi. 2. [897] The passage is obscure, but St. Chrysostom seems to divide the pleasures of this world into two classes: the more sensual he calls flowers …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 324

Chapter II.

… yet (to the best of his belief) in the East, but the language of a homily by S. Chrysostom (Vol. ii. p. 354 Ed. Montfaucon) delivered in a.d. 386 shows that the separation of …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 161

Knowing these things then, let us not be depressed, when adverse affairs meet us, but then let us be more strong, then more powerful; "for t

… Montfaucon does not agree with Tillemont in dating the Homily, but it must have been delivered after the return of Cæsarius to the Emperor, and before any news from him. The Prefect may be Hellebichus …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 125

11. And first of all, let us discipline our tongue to be the minister of the grace of the Spirit, expelling from the mouth all virulence and

… our. [1223] i.e., at the close of the last Homily. [1224] semnot?ran. Tillemont supposes as well as Montfaucon, that the preceding Homily (the 3d) was delivered on Quinquagesima Sunday, and that this (the …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 129

Seest thou the completeness of this prayer, both in regard of doctrine and of behavior? for when we have mentioned the Gospel and the clothi

… He could hardly use stronger language than he does to set forth the desperate straits in which he was. "Weighed down exceedingly," "beyond our power," "we despaired even of life." Chrysostom well points out and …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 153

Homily XIV.

… Jacobson. [1557] Chrysostom here alludes to the history of Job as given in the Septuagint. Job's wife is there made to address him in a long speech, of which the words, "wandering from house …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 208

Homily LXXXI.

… But there seems to be no proof that Chrysostom identified the woman with Mary Magdalene. Compare p. 41, Homily VI. 8.--R.] [2909] Matt. xxvi. 14, 15. [R.V., "Then one of the twelve, who …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 255

But having a sample in what I have mentioned, ye will have a notion of all the rest besides, the things about Christ, about the resurrection

… 433. [1632] proskekroukenai, not "stumbled," but "struck against" a person, same word as "alienation" just before. [1633] The quotations in the passage on which this homily is based are all taken from the LXX. with …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 163

Homily LXII.

… of reading, but one of interpretation. Comp. Augustin, vol. vi., p. 107, Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers. Chrysostom does not indicate which view he accepts.--R.] [2350] 1 Sam. ii. 5. [2351] [R.V., "make …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 90

Homily XXXI.

… Field's note on the place. [1293] exekulsthen . [1294] [Ellnon; see note on Homily XII. 5, p. 79.--R.] [1295] Ps. xlv. 11. Homily XXXI. Matt. IX. 18. "While He spake these things unto them …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 189

VI. But let us, beloved, return in our discourse to that point whence we digressed, exclaiming, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the

… It appeared in Sir Henry Savile's edition of Chrysostom ascribed to that Father. Dupin doubts as to parts of this homily, if not as to the whole. He adds, "The style of Methodius is …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 212

Letter CCXXXII. [2947]

… Chrysostom, in the homily on the birthday of our Saviour, delivered c. 386, speaks of the separation of the celebration of the Nativity from that of the Epiphany as comparatively recent. cf. D.C.A …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 225

Thus also Paul persecuted Him, in persecuting them that are His; wherefore too He said, "Why persecutest thou me?" [3129] Thus therefore let

… ap before makrthen, t Ieso p t Galilaa, and en a n.--R.] [3125] In Homily V. 4, he maintains her perpetual virginity; "how then, you will say, are James and others called His brethren …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 101

Shall I speak of another repository too emptied of its hereditary splendor? They all met together in old time and sang psalms in common. Thi

… And he that pronounces a homily pronounces it alone. But when there are many conversing on many and diverse subjects, why do we disturb you for no good? since surely unless ye thought that we …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 106

So then the prophets, so many years before, speak of the hall of judgment, and of the condemnation, and of them that were crucified with Him

… In Homily XXIX. on John, Chrysostom distinctly accepts the singular, as do nearly all Greek mss.--R.] [1521] Matt. ix. 14. [1522] Matt. xi. 3. [1523] Luke vii. 21. [1524] Matt. iv. 5. [1525] Matt …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 115

4. But to declaim against envy, one may say, is easy; but we ought to consider also how men are to be freed from the disease. How then are w

… 15. [1694] [So Chrysostom, with the received text. Comp. R.V.--R.] [1695] Matt. xii. 15, 16. ["To no man," peculiar to Chrysostom.--R.] [1696] Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 11. [1697] [R.V., "cry aloud …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 80

[7.] Wherefore as he comforted them, when he said, that "there are diversities of ministrations, but the same Lord; and diversities of opera

… text dokimazete. [172] Savile reads diaphora, "variety." [173] epistuphein. [174] In this and other places of this Homily, S. Chrysostom seems to have had in view the controversy, then recent, with the Macedonians, who denied …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 219

Seest thou them again self-condemned by their conscience? For because they knew that they had been buying the murder, they put them not into

… omits "had," and reads "repented himself," "brought back."-- R.] [3046] [The words "and elders" are omitted, though Tischendorf cites Chrysostom otherwise.--R.] [3047] [R.V., "into the sanctuary," accepting the reading given in the Homily …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 116

Homily XXXVII.

… but this was certainly not Chrysostom's meaning. [853] pros touto, i.e. the working of miracles. Not only it did not win them: they set themselves against it, taxing the doers of the miracles …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 28

[693] cf. p. xv., n.

… Of all the smaller works a great popularity, as far as popularity can be gauged by the number of editions and translations, has belonged to the Advice to the Young and the Homily on the …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 50

But what is it "to agree?" He means either, "consent rather to suffer wrong?" or, "so plead the cause, as if thou wert in the place of the o

… 22. [Chrysostom reads ek in this verse, and interprets accordingly; see also Homily XVII. 2. The term is wanting in the two oldest mss. of the Greek Testament, and in the Vulgate. Comp. R.V …

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