St. John Chrysostom: The Prophet of Charity

http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/FlorovskyChrysostom.php ^ | Unknown | Georges Florovsky

[kosta50]

It was given a charter to operate as a state-sponsored enterprise by the Pontiff, Constantine, the Pagan Emperor

First, there was no "Pontiff." The title was "Episcopus Romanus," the Bishop of Rome. Second, just as in Israel, the faith was identified with the state. Third, Constantine became a believer in the Christian God (had a "vision"), and therefore he was no longer a pagan.

The Roman "church" rejected the YHvH commanded Feast of Passover( Nissan 14 )

Last time I checked, +Paul rejected the Law as a defining element in Christianity. Why should Christians follow anything Jewish? No one is forcing you to be a Christian. The Old Covenant is not binding to Christians.

[kosta50]

A careful reading of John Chrystostom's homilies against the Jews, one would see it is racist as he calls YHvH's Chosen People unkind names. These name are not based on the Charity of Yah'shua.

The Old Testament is full of examples where non-Jews are called by unkind names because they are not God's "chosen people." Very charitable indeed.

Clearly John Chrystostom is neither a Prophet nor is he Charitable

Oh, so one can be unkind and uncharitable only if one is God's prophet?

YHvH commanded worship on Shabbat and not on the Pagan "Sunday" of the Roman "church"

God commanded 613 mitzvot as well. Do you keep all of them? The hypocrisy of anyone calling himself righteous was made evident by +Paul when he reminds us that no one can keep the Law perfectly. It's not the Law, and it's not the Sabbath that saves you.

If you had to depend on your observance of the 613 commandments (not counting the rabbinical mitzvot) you'd be in great peril.

[kosta50]

YHvH commanded worship on Passover and not on the Pagan Easter(Pascha) of the Roman "church"

Christian Passover is the day of Christ's Resurrection, a Sunday. It cannot fall on any other day as the 14 of Nissan can. To Christians, it is the day Christ delivered humanity to freedom from the bondage of death to which humanity was hopelessly bound by sin. No one called it "Easter." That is a western innovation, like the term "Byzantine."

The Romans had a seven-day calendar and they called the 7th day Dies Solis (the day of the Sun). It had nothing to do with pagan worship. The nomenclature was based on astronomical positions of celestial bodies and not gods. Those who lived in Rome had to call it by the convention of the state.

The first reference to Christian Sabbath as "Sunday" comes from +Justin Martyr (c. 150 AD) in his Apology, about 180 years before Constantine. Your historical context is not in order.

[FormerLib]

Jesus came to fulfill the law. Our celebration of his Resurrection is the Passover of the New Covenant.

Slava Ocu i Sinu, i Svetome Duhu.
Sada i uvek, i u vekove vekova, Amin.

[Kolokotronis]

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

Which means for those who know neither Serbian nor Greek (I know you know, Kosta & FL):

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, Both now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.