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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 85

[597] The name Christians was probably given by the Gentiles. The word appears but twice, besides here, in the N.T. (Acts xxvi. 8; 1 Pet. iv

… A Homily in her praise ascribed to St. Chrysostom, t. ii. p. 749, is justly placed by Savile among the amphiballomena.

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Chrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 204

It does appear to be, but is not really so affected. Neither then let us be affected, even if we appear to be so. For as in a storm, most me

… The English editor has adopted the former throughout this homily; but as the common meaning in the LXX. is consecrate, and as the common name of the festival of the dedication of the restored temple …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 25

And this makes the Virgin also in no common degree glorious and distinguished; that the very thing which was the whole people's special endo

… Amen. [342] [The entire verse is given in Field's Greek text; the Homily covers verses 11-15.--R.] [343] odna lusen. Comp. Acts. ii. 24. [344] philosophan . [345] Matt. ii. 12. [346] Matt. ii …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 45

Hear what precept Christ gave to the Jews, creeping as they did upon the earth: "If thou see," saith He, "thine enemy's beast of burden fall

… 32, 33. [R.V., "in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; partly, being made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions." The text of the Homily omits "both …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 81

Well! did the captain who then counselled and urged him to the deed, [763] did the memory of past events induce him to slay? no one of these

… Amen. [740] The date of this Homily cannot be determined, but the allusions which it contains to the Imperial palace and guard, and some other points of internal evidence prove that it was delivered at …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 174

Homily XXIV.

… 940] S. Chrysostom here reads, because of desires epithumiais, instead of, because of fornication,' porneias, with the Rec. Text, [which is correct. C.] [941] paratattomenoi. [942] Al. thrown. [943] Or, perhaps. Homily XXIV. 2 Cor …

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Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 7

Chapter 8.--Of the Advantages and Disadvantages Which Often Indiscriminately Accrue to Good and Wicked Men.

… 6. [52] Compare with this chapter the first homily of Chrysostom to the people of Antioch.

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Chrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 215

[6.] Since then we have "a rewarder," let us do all things that we may not be deprived of the rewards of virtue. For indeed the neglecting s

… in the common editions it is altered to, "For inasmuch as the Faith was at that time calumniated," &c. [3206] a napodeikton [3207] At this place and generally throughout the Homily: the later texts and …

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Chrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 98

[11.] Wilt thou examine also the conduct of those under grace, when from every side great was the glory of the teaching flowing round them,

… that speaketh unto me. [227] [From this phrase--a similar one occurs in the next homily--it seems that Chrysostom held the tongue to mean the power of speaking in a language not before acquired …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 61

34. The Sun was darkened, because of the Sun of Righteousness [1633] . Rocks were rent, because of the spiritual Rock. Tombs were opened, an

… The word has this meaning in Chrysostom and Cyril of Alexandria also; afterwards it came to signify consecrated bread, distinct from that of the Eucharist. Vid. Bingham, Antiq. xv. 4, § 3." (R.W.C.) The …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 98

[680] mss. and Edd. apartisai kai oikeiosai heauto. The Catena has preserved the true reading anartesai. in the sense, to make them hang upo

… diapherein angelias, "to bear tidings," and diapheretai ho logos, "the saying is bruited," are classical, but perhaps the expression was not familiar to Chrysostom's hearers. [687] 'Anti tou, ouk estesan mechri tou zelou. As …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 177

15. Do not, then, carry this calamity any farther; but allow them henceforth to take breath again. For to punish the guilty, and to exact th

… Amen. [1849] Benedictine pros, Savile eis, which rather implies a full stop after "city," and that the Homily contained an invective "against" the offenders. It does contain a very strong one obliquely. [1850] Eph. iii …

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Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 201

But mark thou, I pray thee, how throughout all the parables He punishes them that lay not out their money upon the needy. For neither had th

… The Fathers vary, but Chrysostom accepts it and comments upon it. Still the last clause, as given above, agrees exactly with Mark xiii. 32, and differs from Matt. xxiv. 36.--R.] [2818] Acts i. 7 …

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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

… In fact, this part of the Homily is very defective. The next sentence seems to refer to the mention of the porch called Solomon's, but evidently supposes something preceding: e.g. "The miracle was …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 2

Council of Tyana.

… In his Homily In Gordium martyrem, Basil mentions the adornment of Cæsarea as being his own adornment. In Epp. lxxvi. and xcvi. he calls Cappadocia his patris. In Ep. lxxiv., Cæsarea. In Ep. li. it …

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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

… read at the beginning of the last Homily. So too some mss. of the text, and the Syriac version. [1294] anchisteian, which the orators use for right of inheritance as next of kin. See verses …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 29

(47) Fragmenta in Psalmos. Published by Felckmann from the Catena of Nicetas Heracleota, who has used his materials somewhat freely, often c

… A spurious homily is printed (pp. 1349-1361) as an appendix to it. (50) Fragmenta in Evang. Matthæi. Also from ms. catenæ. Contain a remarkable reference to the Eucharist (p. 1380, on Matt. vii. 6 …

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Chrysostom — Acts and Romans • SECTION 185

For in the case of those who have money lent them, we see that this is what the lenders do, lending, that is, with greater readiness to thos

… Chrysostom here and in the next homily, but in both places some mss. (and Vulg. ante Field) had inserted the common reading of the text of the N.T. "what then? are we better than …

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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 137

7. A more subordinate aim is to present selected secular matters so-called; he does not consider these to be wholly foreign to the scope of

… 2, with respect to the manner of Paul's death, or suspends his judgment, because the data are insufficient, as in the application to the empress, of Chrysostom's homily on female peccadilloes (viii. 6 …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 133

[1207] Hebrews vii. 1, 2, 3

… or is quoted from a homily on this special Psalm. [1316] The word pheugein is not used of the Saviour in the Gospel. Joseph was bidden pheuge eis Aigupton. When our Lord was brought to …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 147

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… Methodius also, in his Homily on Simeon and Anna, p. 152, has the expression, su ei phos alethinon ek photos alethinou Theos alethinos ek Theou alethinou. Athanasius himself also uses the phrase luchnon ek luchnou …

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