Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOLUME 11
Chrysostom — Acts and Romans
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Homily XXIII.
[1549] tois tapeinois is best taken here as neuter (Meyer, De Wette, R.V.) corresponding in this respect to ta hupsela. Meyer renders and interprets thus: "being drawn onward by the lowly; i.e. instead of following the impulse to high things, rather yielding to that which is humble, to the claims and tasks which are presented to…
2,245 wordsSECTION 242Ver. 5. "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath but also for conscience sake."
Ver. 5. "Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath but also for conscience sake." What is the meaning of, "not only for wrath?" It means not only because thou dost resist God by not being subject, nor only because thou art procuring great evils for thyself, both from God and the rulers, but also because he is a ben…
1,567 wordsSECTION 243Observe how it has both virtues, abstinence from evils (for it "worketh no ill," he says), and the working of good deeds. "For it is," he sa
Observe how it has both virtues, abstinence from evils (for it "worketh no ill," he says), and the working of good deeds. "For it is," he says, "the fulfilling (or filling up) of the Law;" not bringing before us instruction only on moral duties in a concise form, but making the accomplishment of them easy also. For that we shoul…
2,293 wordsSECTION 244Homily XXIV.
[1561] Arist. Eth. viii. 8, "The political union of men seems to have been first formed for advantage, and for this it is upheld." See Pol. i. 2, where he says of it, that "it is formed that men may live, but is (in the nature of things) that they may live well." [1562] St. Augustin de Civ. Dei, xix. 17, writes, "But the heaven…
2,352 wordsSECTION 245Let us then shake off this evil sleep, for if the day find us sleeping, a deathless death will succeed, and before that day we shall be open
Let us then shake off this evil sleep, for if the day find us sleeping, a deathless death will succeed, and before that day we shall be open to the attacks of all the enemies that are of this world, both men and devils: and if they be minded to undo us, there is nobody to hinder them. For if there were many watching, then the da…
2,213 wordsSECTION 246Homily XXV.
[1579] In one of the apostle's favorite figures, that of putting off, or on, as clothing, he states again the essential qualities of the Christian life. The Christian is even now to belong to that sphere of light into whose full glory he shall shortly be raised. The culminating thought is: "put on Christ." Chrys.' application of…
2,478 wordsSECTION 247Ver. 9. "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living."
Ver. 9. "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living." And so let us at least convince thee, that He is thoughtful for our salvation. For had He not had this great care for us, where were the need of the Dispensation (or Incarnation, oikonomias)? He then that hath s…
2,163 wordsSECTION 248And since things of old do not affright you so much, by things which happen in every generation, He correcteth those that in every generatio
And since things of old do not affright you so much, by things which happen in every generation, He correcteth those that in every generation are growing listless. And what is the reason, it may be said, why He doth not punish all here? That He may give the others an interval [1600] for repentance. Why then does He not take veng…
2,340 wordsSECTION 249[1587] kenoi, i.e. so as not to have to say anything against them directly. St. Chrysostom turns the passage in that way more than Theodoret
[1587] kenoi, i.e. so as not to have to say anything against them directly. St. Chrysostom turns the passage in that way more than Theodoret. See on v. 4, which Theod. applies directly against the Judaizers. His general remarks on the rhetoric of the passage are independent of this question. [1588] Verse 2 counsels receiving to…
1,081 wordsSECTION 250Homily XXVI.
Homily XXVI. Rom. XIV. 14 "I know, and am persuaded by (Gr. in) the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself, but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean." After first rebuking the person who judgeth his brother, and moving him to leave off this reproaching, he then explains himself furth…
2,255 wordsSECTION 251"Because he eateth not of faith." Not because it is unclean, but because it is not of faith. For he did not believe that it is clean, but th
"Because he eateth not of faith." Not because it is unclean, but because it is not of faith. For he did not believe that it is clean, but though unclean he touched it. But by this he shows them also what great harm they do by compelling men, and not persuading them, to touch things which had hitherto appeared unclean to them, th…
2,213 wordsSECTION 252Homily XXVII.
[1611] 1 Cor. viii. 8, speaking of things offered to idols. [1612] "The work of God" is much more naturally taken as designating the Christian himself--his personality, than as designating his salvation (Chrys.).--G.B.S. [1613] Compare St. Ephrem. Serm. xx. vol. iii. adv. Scrutatores. pp. 172, 173, Oxf. Tr. [1614] Krinon shou…
2,263 wordsSECTION 253Ver. 5. "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus."
Ver. 5. "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus." For since he had given his own advice, and had also urged the example of Christ, he added the testimony of the Scriptures also, to show that with the Scripture Himself giveth patience also. And this is w…
2,214 wordsSECTION 254Homily XXVIII.
[1628] mss. psuxin exebales. Sav. psuchen emalaxas, soften any soul. [1629] So Field from mss.: old edd. "If my brother hates me, I do not even wish to see him." Perhaps the true reading is, "If my eye hates me, I do not even wish it to see," ean ho ophthalmos mou mise me, oude idein auton boulomai, which seems more proverbial,…
2,430 wordsSECTION 255But 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
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, about the life to come, about the resting, about punishment, about moral matters, all that concerns doctrines, and you will find the book filled with countless blessings. And if you fall i…
1,115 wordsSECTION 256Homily XXIX.
Homily XXIX. Rom. XV. 14 "And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another." (So most: S. Chrys. "others.") He had said, "Inasmuch as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office." (Rom. xi. 13.) He had said, "Take he…
2,258 wordsSECTION 257This he says to show himself a stranger to vanity, and to instruct them that it was not from any love of glory, or of honor from them, that
This he says to show himself a stranger to vanity, and to instruct them that it was not from any love of glory, or of honor from them, that he came to write, but as fulfilling his ministry, as perfecting his priestly duty, as loving their salvation. But he calls the foundation of the Apostles "another man's," not in regard to th…
2,749 wordsSECTION 258Homily XXX.
[1640] Besides the interpretation adopted by Chrys. which joins apo merous closely with anamimneskon and understands it to mean, in a sort--gently, two other views deserve notice (1) that which joins it to tolmeroteron--in part, or somewhat more boldly (Hodge) and (2) that which joins it to egrapsa--I have written more boldly in…
2,224 wordsSECTION 259Ver. 33. "Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."
Ver. 33. "Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen." Chap. xvi. ver. 1. "I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a deaconess (A.V. servant) of the church which is at Cenchrea." See how many ways he takes to give her dignity. For he has both mentioned her before all the rest, and called her sister. And it is no slight t…
2,689 wordsSECTION 260[1651] "That, as Chrys., Calvin, Grotius, and many, including Rückert and Olshausen assume, Paul intended courteously and gently' (Luther) t
[1651] "That, as Chrys., Calvin, Grotius, and many, including Rückert and Olshausen assume, Paul intended courteously and gently' (Luther) to suggest to the Romans that they should likewise bestow alms on those at Jerusalem, is very improbable, inasmuch as no reason is perceivable why he should not have ventured on a direct summ…
750 wordsSECTION 261Homily XXXI.
Homily XXXI. Rom. XVI. 5 "Salute my well-beloved Epenetus, who is the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ." I Think that many even of those who have the appearance of being extremely good men, hasten over this part of the Epistle [1669] as superfluous, and having no great weight in it. And I think that the same befalls them in…
2,216 wordsSECTION 262Ver. 11. "Salute Herodion my kinsman; greet them which be of the household of Narcissus;"
Ver. 11. "Salute Herodion my kinsman; greet them which be of the household of Narcissus;" Who, it is likely, were not so worthy as the afore-mentioned, on which account also he does not mention them all by name even, and after giving them the encomium which was suited to them, that of being faithful, (and this the meaning of,) …
3,169 wordsSECTION 263[1669] So mss. Ben. Sav. entoles.
[1669] So mss. Ben. Sav. entoles. [1670] Stallbaum ad Plat. Phileb. 74. [1671] See the Introduction to Boyle's Reflections, where this is beautifully applied to the improvement of all fragments of time by meditation. [1672] Such as the Manichees, see St. Aug. Conf. p. 340, O.T. note at the end, and Marcion. Tert. adv. M. lib.…
847 wordsSECTION 264Homily XXXII.
Homily XXXII. Rom. XVI. 17, 18 "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." Again an …
1,718 wordsSECTION 265Homily XXXII.
Who is there then to pray over us, since Paul hath departed? These who [1701] are the imitators of Paul. Only let us yield ourselves worthy of such intercession (sunegorias), that it may not be that we hear Paul's voice here only, but that hereafter, when we are departed, we may be counted worthy to see the wrestler of Christ. […
2,200 wordsSECTION 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
[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 perverted the true Christian teaching. The Epistle to the Romans deals but to a small extent directly with these persons. It is, in the main, constructive. Galatians is a letter on similar lines …
900 wordsSECTION 267INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Abraham, his history a reproof to Jewish pride, [1]97; a pattern of hospitality, [2]276; his faith, [3]349, [4]385, [5]391, [6]395; his justification, [7]388; why circumcised, [8]389; his true children, [9]389, [10]391; his hospitality, [11]504; zeal for truth, [12]504; prayer for Sodom, [13]546. Abuse, the …
1,682 wordsSECTION 268Epistles, reading of in Church, [329]335; order and date of, [330]336.
Epistles, reading of in Church, [329]335; order and date of, [330]336. Eunuch, conversion of the, [331]226. Eucharist, [332]114, [333]140, [334]394. Evil, Manichæan conception of, [335]16 sq.; not physical, [336]130. Evils, natural, a benefit, [337]323. Evil designs, overruled for good, [338]295, [339]322; and to the furthe…
2,264 wordsSECTION 269Peasantry, neglect of by Christian proprietors, [739]118; hence heathenism lingered long in the country places (pagans), [740]ib.
Peasantry, neglect of by Christian proprietors, [739]118; hence heathenism lingered long in the country places (pagans), [740]ib. Pelagian controversy, [741]365, [742]427. Pentecost, the type, [743]25. Persians, Eastern nations generally, [744]95. Persecution, [745]159; the Church's gain, [746]171; sufferings of women during…
2,213 wordsSECTION 270Mark
Mark [1835]1:24 [1836]3:16 [1837]4:26-29 [1838]4:38 [1839]6:11 [1840]6:26 [1841]7:35 [1842]9:36 [1843]9:43 [1844]9:44 [1845]9:44 [1846]9:44 [1847]9:44 [1848]9:44 [1849]10:14 [1850]10:21 [1851]10:21 [1852]10:26 [1853]10:39 [1854]10:40 [1855]11:25 [1856]13:32 [1857]14:4 [1858]14:21 [1859]15:6 [1860]15:28 [1861]15:41 [1862]16:16 […
2,692 wordsSECTION 2711 Corinthians
1 Corinthians [4522]1:1 [4523]1:14 [4524]1:17 [4525]1:23 [4526]1:25 [4527]1:31 [4528]2:4 [4529]2:8 [4530]2:10 [4531]2:14 [4532]2:14 [4533]2:14 [4534]3:1 [4535]3:3 [4536]3:6-9 [4537]4 [4538]4:6 [4539]4:12 [4540]4:13 [4541]4:17 [4542]4:18 [4543]5:2 [4544]5:3-4 [4545]5:5 [4546]5:5 [4547]5:5 [4548]6:3 [4549]6:3 [4550]6:3 [4551]6:12…
23,487 wordsSECTION 272Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases
Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases * ': [9624]1 [9625]2 [9626]3 [9627]4 [9628]5 [9629]6 [9630]7 [9631]8 [9632]9 [9633]10 [9634]11 [9635]12 * 'hl mvd: [9636]1 * 'vv: [9637]1 * dmm: [9638]1 * hsyv phnym: [9639]1 * yd: [9640]1 * mvd: [9641]1 * mlk: [9642]1 * nth: [9643]1 * nmlchv: [9644]1 * ns' phnym: [9645]1 * dvt: [9646]1 * vd: […
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