Posted on 09/16/2010 6:35:36 PM PDT by Salvation
From the golden mouthed preacher and Doctor of the Church.
Catholic Ping! (A little late for his Memorial Day!)
You might be interested in this.
BUMP for those whose mouths are given to preach the inexpressible riches of God’s mercy in Christ Jesus to all who have inherited Adam’s sin and fear death. The heart fails at such a thought that God would give up everything out of love for those who reject Him. Those who preach Christ Jesus as He has revealed Himself in the biblical texts are given to marvel that they have been granted such grace.
Absolution under the merits of Christ Jesus is essential to life. All praise to God on high for His unfathomable grace toward the poor, and that means *all* of us.
You might want to check your sources for historical accuracy. Maybe you don’t care. What you said about +Chrysostom is a slanderous untruth.
The Paschal Homily of +John Chrysostom is a fixed piece in the Paschal (Easter) liturgy of the Eastern Churches.
In recent years I have been including a substantial excerpt in my own on Easter Day.
If you want, post an open thread.
Well said,dear friend.
Those not living in that time period have a disconnect of the culture and relationship to Christianity of that period of time
From Homily of Saint John of ST. MATTHEW On the Beatitudes.
For whereas the greatest of evils, and those which make havoc of the whole world, had their entering in from pride:--for both the devil, not being such before, did thus become a devil; as indeed Paul plainly declared, saying, "Lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil:" [1 Tim. 3:6] --and the first man, too, puffed up by the devil with these hopes, was made an example of, and became mortal (for expecting to become a god, he lost even what he had; and God also upbraiding him with this, and mocking his folly, said, "Behold, Adam is become as one of us" [Gen. 3:22]; and each one of those that came after did hereby wreck himself in impiety, fancying some equality with God:--since, I say, this was the stronghold of our evils, and the root and fountain of all wickedness, He, preparing a remedy suitable to the disease, laid this law first as a strong and safe foundation. For this being fixed as a base, the builder in security lays on it all the rest. But if this be taken away, though a man reach to the Heavens in his course of life, it is all easily undermined, and issues in a grievous end. Though fasting, prayer, almsgiving, temperance, any other good thing whatever, be gathered together in thee; without humility all fall away and perish. It was this very thing that took place in the instance of the Pharisee. For even after he had arrived at the very summit, he "went down" with the loss of all, because he had not the mother of virtues: for as pride is the fountain of all wickedness, so is humility the principle of all self-command. Wherefore also He begins with this, pulling up boasting by the very root out of the soul of His hearers. -ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Thank you for clarification. Apologies to all.
I don’t read tons of Catholic (noun) history. I’m not a member of the Church of Rome. I am an Orthodox (catholic adjective), and the parish I attend is under the Patriarchate of Antioch.
Good for you, reading +Chrysostom - I hope you are doing it in Greek, as most English translations of +Chrysostom are like watching paint dry on a very humid day, sadly. An organization has actually originated in our parish to remedy that.
You’re simply wrong. +Chrysostom railed against the Judaizers, early Christians who tried to live in both traditions and insisted that converts had to become Jews before being baptized.
+Chrysostom spoke bluntly, and his words could really cut when he was trying to make a point.
But if you choose because of that to find his writings to be anti-Jew as opposed to anti-Judaizer, in my opinion (as you said, it’s an open forum and I am therefore entitled to give an opinion), you are likely LOOKING for anti-Semitism. If I am correct, that’s frankly your choice and your problem.
He lived it out.
Blessed Chrysostom condemned heresies in his day that don't ring popular in the modern world of pluralistic Christian thought. He was Holy defender of Christ and His Church that you ought to be thankful for .
Bedtime for me!
I wish you a peaceful evening!
Would you be good enough to drop us a line when the translations are done? I don’t speak Greek (a little Latin and German only), but some of the translations seem a bit forced even for me.
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