The Homilies On The Gospel Of St. Matthew: eBook EditionJazzybee Verlag, 2012 - 1099 pages The Homilies of St. Chrysostom on St. Matthew were undoubtedly delivered at Antioch (see Hom. vii. p. 43) and probably in the latter part of the time during which he preached as a Presbyter. Montfaucon consideres his little mention of the sin of swearing a sign of his accomplished some reformation on that point by his previous exertions. In the Homilies delievered from 386 to 388, it is a constant topic; and the Homilies known to belong to that date are so numerous, as scarcely leave room for such a series as the present. These, however, contain very little to mark the period to which they belong. The argument from his reference to dissensions some time gone by, possible those between St. Meletius and Paulinus and Evagrius, in commenting on St. Matt. xxiii. 6. is not very conclusive. A modern reader must sometimes be struck with finding in St. Chrysostom a kind of criticism, which we are apt to thing belongs only to later times. Hist main object, however, is moral, and he searches out with diligence both the meaning and the applications of particular passages, usually concluding with an eloquent exhortation to some special virtue. Some of the most remarkable of these exhortations are on the subject of Alms-giving, which he seems to have pressed with some success at last. His calculation in Hom. lxvi as to what might be done, is somewhat curious. In the end of Hom. lxxxviii. he demands a reformation as the condition of his entering on the cntroversy with Infidels. In the next Homily he discusses the evidence of the Resurrection with nearly the same arguments as would still be used against an objector. |
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... caused the accusation of heresy to be made against the archbishop, although at that time no council had condemned the opinions attributed ... cause; and thus there was widespread discontent among the clergy. It had been reported to him that.
... caused the accusation of heresy to be made against the archbishop, although at that time no council had condemned the opinions attributed ... cause; and thus there was widespread discontent among the clergy. It had been reported to him that.
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... cause the court to mend its morals, nor the city to lay aside its love of the most costly pleasures. The connection ... caused this display. The empress took.
... cause the court to mend its morals, nor the city to lay aside its love of the most costly pleasures. The connection ... caused this display. The empress took.
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... cause they have both treated of many in common, and each of them hath also received and declared something of his own; that, on the one hand, he might not seem superfluous, and cast on the heap to no purpose; on the other, he might make ...
... cause they have both treated of many in common, and each of them hath also received and declared something of his own; that, on the one hand, he might not seem superfluous, and cast on the heap to no purpose; on the other, he might make ...
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... cause; yet, (as a tradition saith, which hath come down to us from the first, even from the Fathers,) neither did he come to write without purpose; but forasmuch as it had been the care of the three to dwell upon the account of the ...
... cause; yet, (as a tradition saith, which hath come down to us from the first, even from the Fathers,) neither did he come to write without purpose; but forasmuch as it had been the care of the three to dwell upon the account of the ...
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... cause he hath by anticipation testified that Joseph was righteous, on purpose that thou mightest not say this, but ... cause to urge him? 8. Now that the Virgin was of the race of David is indeed from these things evident; but wherefore ...
... cause he hath by anticipation testified that Joseph was righteous, on purpose that thou mightest not say this, but ... cause to urge him? 8. Now that the Virgin was of the race of David is indeed from these things evident; but wherefore ...
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