On St. John Chrysostom's Antioch Years

Zenit News Agency ^ | September 19, 2007 | Benedict XVI

[ELS]

In this photo provided the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, gondolier Vittorio Orio, wearing red scarf, is greeted by Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff's weekly general audience in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. After a 17-day journey, gondolier Vittorio Orio parked his gondola in St. Peter's Square, and with traditional straw hat in hand walked up the steps of St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to meet with Pope Benedict XVI and invite him to Venice for a ride down the Grand Canal. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

A group of Nigerian pilgrims reacts during Pope Benedict XVI's weekly general audience in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Pope Benedict XVI waves to the faithful during a general audience at Saint Peter's square in the Vatican September 19, 2007. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (VATICAN)

[ELS]

Recent catecheses on the Early Church Fathers:
On St. Clement of Rome -The Church Has a Sacramental, Not Political Structure (March 7, 2007)
Truly a Doctor of Unity (St. Ignatius of Antioch) (March 14, 2007)
St. Justin Martyr: He Considered Christianity the "True Philosophy" (March 21, 2007)
St. Irenaeus of Lyons: The First Great Theologian of the Church (March 28, 2007)
St. Clement of Alexandria: One of the Great Promoters of Dialogue Between Faith and Reason (April 18, 2007)
On Origen of Alexandria: He Was a True Teacher (April 25, 2007)
Origen: The Privileged Path to Knowing God Is Love (May 2, 2007)
Tertullian: Accomplished a Great Step in the Development of the Trinitarian Dogma (May 30, 2007)
St. Cyprian: His Book on the 'Our Father' Has Helped Me to Pray Better (June 6, 2007)
On Eusebius of Caesarea (June 13, 2007)
On St. Athanasius (June 20, 2007)
On St. Cyril of Jerusalem (June 27, 2007)
On St. Basil (July 4, 2007)
St. Basil (August 1, 2007)
St. Gregory of Nazianzen (August 8, 2007)
St. Gregory Nazianzen's Teachings (August 22, 2007)
St. Gregory of Nyssa - A Pillar of Orthodoxy (August 29, 2007)
Gregory of Nyssa on Perfection (September 5, 2007)

[ELS]

Weekly audience ping!

Please let me know if you want to be on or off this list.

[eleni121]

I also greet the Catholic and Greek Orthodox pilgrims from the United States. May God bless all of you!

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As a Greek Orthodox Christian myself I wish I could have been there...May God Bless you too your excellency!

[ELS]

From this thread:

Among the 15,000 faithful gathered in the square were Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Methodios of Boston. The two leaders were heading a 100-member Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical pilgrimage from the United States to Rome, then Istanbul, Turkey, and ending in St. Petersburg, Russia.

[ELS]

Church Fathers (Scroll down about half-way to John Chrysostom and there are links to many of his writings.)

[eleni121]

Been to Istanbul 3 times...will not visit again except when Turkey is liberated.

But another trip to Russia is in the works...

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Did he teach anti-semitism during these years or did that come later?

[Oratam]

Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York has large statues of the early fathers and doctors of the Church in the transepts. Here's St. John Chrysostom:

[AlguyA]

We just recieved an e-mail from my son who is in Rome studying this semester. He attended the papal audience today and was in the front row. He said His Holiness passed within four feet of him while giving his blessing and that the Pope said the blessing extended to his family back home.

So we're all trying to be a little holier in our family right now. -)

[padre35]

A early Father that I always liked because he filled me with questions:

Are there any examples of “why” he was named golden tongued?

And what drove his utter rejection of Hebrews as apart from God through Christ? Was that a function of study of the Scriptures and Epistles, or was it due to some sort of deeply held belief that Hebrews would lead Christians astray?

[Salvation]

Wonderful thread. Thank you!

[Salvation]

Pope Benedict XVI is a fantastic teacher!

[Salvation]

**Are there any examples of “why” he was named golden tongued?** Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, & John Chrysostom, Jan.30

The Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom (Jan 27 or Feb 9 Julian calendar)

The Easter Sermon of St. John Chrysostom (c. 400 AD)

The Easter Sermon of St. John Chrysostom (c. 400 AD)

The Life of Saint John Chrysostom

PASCHAL Homily of St John Chrysostom

The Golden Mouthed Preacher-St.John Chrysostom [Bishop,Doctor of Catholic and Orthodox Churches]

[Salvation]

There is a lot of information about St. John Chrysostom in this thread too.

[ELS]

What a blessing for your son! I hope to attend a papal general audience someday.

[ELS]

Are there any examples of “why” he was named golden tongued?

And what drove his utter rejection of Hebrews as apart from God through Christ? Was that a function of study of the Scriptures and Epistles, or was it due to some sort of deeply held belief that Hebrews would lead Christians astray?

I can't suitably answer your questions. Perhaps one of our more knowledgeable FReepers will step up.

[Salvation]

Check out this site:

Doctors of the Catholic Church

Chrysostom was born the same year as St Jerome and was as talented with his tongue as Jerome was with his pen. His name means "golden mouth". He was a great................

[padre35]

I only read the paschal homily, he spoke with both certitude and poetically, perhaps I get him now.

[Kolokotronis]

The wonderful pope referred here to +John Chrysostomos’ Homily XX on Ephesians. It has always been one of my favorites. Here is a quote I use at wedding toasts and in advice to young husbands concerning wives:

” And again, never call her simply by her name, but with terms of endearment, with honor, with much love. Honor her, and she will not need honor from others; she will not want the glory that comes from others, if she enjoys that which comes from thee. Prefer her before all, on every account, both for her beauty and her discernment, and praise her. Thou wilt thus persuade her to give heed to none that are without, but to scorn all the world except thyself. Teach her the fear of God, and all good things will flow from this as from a fountain, and the house will be full of ten thousand blessings.”