Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series • VOLUME 13
Chrysostom — Galatians through Philemon
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Homily III.
Homily III. Titus i. 12-14 "One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth." There are s…
2,418 wordsSECTION 242Moral. What then is unclean? Sin, malice, covetousness, wickedness. [1480] As it is written: "Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of
Moral. What then is unclean? Sin, malice, covetousness, wickedness. [1480] As it is written: "Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings." (Isa. i. 16.) "Create in me a clean heart, O God." (Ps. li. 10.) "Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing." (Isa. lii. 52.) These observances were …
1,004 wordsSECTION 243Homily IV.
Homily IV. Titus ii. 2-5 "That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, t…
2,300 wordsSECTION 244And that servants are required to be thus disposed towards a Gentile master, I will show you by an example. Joseph, who was of a different r
And that servants are required to be thus disposed towards a Gentile master, I will show you by an example. Joseph, who was of a different religion from the Egyptian, was sold to the chief cook. [1491] What then did he? When he saw the young man was virtuous, he did not consider the difference of their religion, but loved and fa…
1,336 wordsSECTION 245Homily V.
Homily V. Titus ii. 11-14 "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, Teaching them that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus C…
2,205 wordsSECTION 246Thus we need the Spirit abundantly.
Thus we need the Spirit abundantly. "That being justified by His grace"--again by grace and not by debt--"we may be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." At the same time there is an incitement to humility, and a hope for the future. For if when we were so abandoned, as to require to be born again, to be saved by …
2,236 wordsSECTION 247Homily VI.
[1511] tribona. [1512] nosountes. [1513] meden memphomai. [1514] al. "wasting." [1515] So Ben. from Colb. Sav. "this care." Homily VI. Titus iii. 8-11 "These things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto me…
2,302 wordsSECTION 248Others not only divest themselves of riches, but macerate their bodies, as travelers in the narrow way. Instead of doing this, thou heatest
Others not only divest themselves of riches, but macerate their bodies, as travelers in the narrow way. Instead of doing this, thou heatest more intensely the furnace of thy passions, and gettest more about thee. [1526] Go therefore into the broad way, for it is that which receives such as thee. But the narrow way is for those w…
2,277 wordsSECTION 249Homily I.
[Note.--The views of the Fathers on Slavery and Emancipation were very conservative, as slavery was interwoven with the whole structure of the Roman empire and could not be suddenly abolished without a radical social revolution. But the spirit of Christianity always suggested and encouraged individual emancipation and the ultima…
2,255 wordsSECTION 250What excuse, tell me, shall we have in things that appear difficult, [1545] when we do not do even a light thing, attended too with so much
What excuse, tell me, shall we have in things that appear difficult, [1545] when we do not do even a light thing, attended too with so much gain and so much benefit, and no trouble? Canst thou not despise wealth? Canst thou not spend thy substance on the needy? Canst thou not will anything that is good? Canst thou not forgive hi…
917 wordsSECTION 251Homily II.
Homily II. Philemon i. 4-6 "I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints. That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging [in the knowledge] of every good thing which is in us, [1547] in Ch…
2,231 wordsSECTION 252Moral. These things are not written without an object, but that we masters may not despair of our servants, nor press too hard on them, but
Moral. These things are not written without an object, but that we masters may not despair of our servants, nor press too hard on them, but may learn to pardon the offenses of such servants, that we may not be always severe, that we may not from their servitude be ashamed to make them partakers with us in all things when they ar…
2,200 wordsSECTION 253Homily III.
[1565] Such seems the principle in Ex. xxi. 21. [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. 17-19 "If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. If he hath wr…
2,263 wordsSECTION 254For, say, if He did not call us to account, would human life then have endured? Should we not then have fallen into the state of beasts? For
For, say, if He did not call us to account, would human life then have endured? Should we not then have fallen into the state of beasts? For if when there is this fear impending over us, and the giving account, and judgments, we have gone beyond fishes in devouring one another, we have thrown wolves and lions into the shade in r…
870 wordsSECTION 255INDEXES OF SUBJECTS.
INDEXES OF SUBJECTS. HOMILIES ON GALATIANS AND EPHESIANS. Abraham, justified by faith, [1]25; his household a pattern of harmony and good government, [2]148; his hospitality and contempt of riches, [3]156. Absalom, [4]122. Achan, his sin brought calamities upon all, [5]79. Adam, the parent stock of mankind, [6]143. Adulter…
2,232 wordsSECTION 256Hymn, the Angelic Hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in the Eucharistic service, [336]64 (and note) , [337]121, [338]165.
Hymn, the Angelic Hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in the Eucharistic service, [336]64 (and note) , [337]121, [338]165. Idolatry of Christians is covetousness, [339]134; its origin, [340]135. Ignorance, to profess it more wise than to profess knowledge, [341]141. Incarnation, effects of, [342]30. Inheritance, by lot, according…
2,118 wordsSECTION 257HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, AND THESSALONIANS.
HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, AND THESSALONIANS. Aaron, why he was not smitten with leprosy as Miriam, [657]274. Abel, suffered through love, [658]342; shall meet Christ, [659]356. Abraham, example of good use of riches, [660]240; his offering Isaac a type of our Lord's death, [661]283; bid sacrifice Isaac, that he mig…
1,532 wordsSECTION 258Books, Christian and heathen, [878]379.
Books, Christian and heathen, [878]379. Bowels, of Christ, force of the expression, [879]188. Breastplate, of faith and love, [880]363. Brethren, used as a mark of honor, [881]230; murdered by refusing sustenance, [882]359; disorderly, to be punished, not starved, [883]393-94; nor utterly cut off, [884]395. Bride, with what …
2,222 wordsSECTION 259Death, no shame to a Christian, [1191]194; only a coming to life to the Christian, [1192]196; in itself indifferent, [1193]ib.; several caus
Death, no shame to a Christian, [1191]194; only a coming to life to the Christian, [1192]196; in itself indifferent, [1193]ib.; several causes of the fear of, [1194]198; that by the Cross most ignominious, [1195]215; of the just matter of joy, [1196]223; that of desperately bad, cause of more joy, [1197]ib.; if really death, sad…
2,452 wordsSECTION 260Gomorrah, [1572]358.
Gomorrah, [1572]358. Good, to be returned for evil, [1573]367; of Heaven, may be desired without limit, [1574]370. Goodness, of God, [1575]384-85. Goods, only good when men do good with them, [1576]232; spoiling of, [1577]349; cruelly seized, [1578]369. Good-will, in man, necessary to God's working, [1579]186. Good works, d…
802 wordsSECTION 261Homily, unnecessary, [1686]388.
Homily, unnecessary, [1686]388. Hope, source of all good, [1687]194; helmet of, [1688]363; an anchor, [1689]377; false in the notion that Hell is temporary, [1690]384; good, supports the soul, [1691]390. Holy Spirit, His words are as a two-edged sword in a phalanx, [1692]206; given in Baptism, [1693]237. Holy Scriptures, appl…
1,512 wordsSECTION 262Letter, forged as from St. Paul, [1913]377.
Letter, forged as from St. Paul, [1913]377. Letters, from heaven, [1914]387; of kings, read in church, [1915]ib. Life, is of several kinds, [1916]195; what it is not to live this present life, [1917]ib.; this present, worth living if we live in faith, [1918]196; not life if it has no fruit [1919]ib.; good or bad as we make it,…
2,763 wordsSECTION 263Paul of Samosata, [2303]206; in what way heretical, and how his heresies fall before St. Paul's text, [2304]206-07; said our Lord was a mere
Paul of Samosata, [2303]206; in what way heretical, and how his heresies fall before St. Paul's text, [2304]206-07; said our Lord was a mere creature, [2305]214; his doctrine refuted, [2306]271. Peace, we are at peace with God, through virtue, [2307]247; must be maintained with God and our neighbor, [2308]248; restored between …
2,292 wordsSECTION 264Salvation, hope of, a helmet, [2653]363; ground for such hope, [2654]363, [2655]372; by sanctification and belief, [2656]390; of man, Christ
Salvation, hope of, a helmet, [2653]363; ground for such hope, [2654]363, [2655]372; by sanctification and belief, [2656]390; of man, Christ's glory, [2657]ib. Salutation, a proof of good-will, [2658]253; in St. Paul's own writing, [2659]377-78, [2660]395; prayer called a, [2661]395. Samson, lost in marriage, not from marriage…
2,267 wordsSECTION 265HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES TO TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON.
Vision of Christ seen by a woman, [3008]372-73. Voice, a fine, should not make men proud, [3009]217; of Christ raises dead, [3010]355; of Archangel, [3011]355-56. Want, inclines to evil things, [3012]250. War, spiritual, always our duty, [3013]336. Warning, should be gentle, [3014]367. Watchful, nothing will hurt him, [3015…
1,058 wordsSECTION 266Books, of St. Paul, [3178]514.
Books, of St. Paul, [3178]514. Brutality, of mankind before Christ's coming, [3179]538. Bulimy, disease called, [3180]502. Cain, offense of, [3181]498. Canker, false doctrine compared to a, [3182]493. Children, good bringing up of, brings its own reward, [3183]436; great responsibilities of those who have, [3184]437; to be …
829 wordsSECTION 267Epistles, occasional, not superfluous, [3310]545.
Epistles, occasional, not superfluous, [3310]545. Ephesus, false Judaizing apostles at, [3311]410. Error, never stops, yet never advances, [3312]506. Essence, no dissimilarity in the Divine, [3313]409. Eucharist, Holy, always a Holy Passover, [3314]425; the same, whether offered by common men or by Paul, &c., [3315]483. Eva…
2,216 wordsSECTION 268Peace, worldly, useless, if there be war in the heart, [3671]429; with one's self to be desired, [3672]ib.
Peace, worldly, useless, if there be war in the heart, [3671]429; with one's self to be desired, [3672]ib. Peacefulness, duty of, [3673]497. Perfection, counsels of, [3674]521. Perfumes, spiritual, suitable to Christians, [3675]415. Persecutions, afflictions, sorrows, called, [3676]506; the godly must suffer, [3677]ib. Pers…
2,203 wordsSECTION 269Indexes
Indexes Index of Scripture References Genesis [4034]1:11 [4035]1:11 [4036]1:26 [4037]1:26 [4038]1:26 [4039]1:27 [4040]1:27 [4041]1:27 [4042]1:31 [4043]1:31 [4044]2:2 [4045]2:7 [4046]2:17 [4047]2:17 [4048]2:18 [4049]2:23 [4050]2:24 [4051]2:24 [4052]2:24 [4053]3:5 [4054]3:16 [4055]3:24 [4056]4 [4057]4:9 [4058]4:14 [4059]6:2 [40…
2,313 wordsSECTION 270Philippians
Philippians [6295]1:1 [6296]1:1-2 [6297]1:2 [6298]1:3 [6299]1:3-4 [6300]1:4 [6301]1:5 [6302]1:6 [6303]1:7 [6304]1:7 [6305]1:8-11 [6306]1:9 [6307]1:11 [6308]1:12 [6309]1:12-13 [6310]1:12-13 [6311]1:13-14 [6312]1:14 [6313]1:14 [6314]1:14 [6315]1:15 [6316]1:16 [6317]1:16-17 [6318]1:17 [6319]1:18 [6320]1:18 [6321]1:18 [6322]1:18-20…
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