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To: Sherman Logan
See my fellow man, the fordham site honorably explains that it's quoted/provided translation of Chrysosdom’s homilies is from a virilently anti-semitic site and is not sourced as to who the translator is - see the linked site in my previous post as it is well-sourced and appears fair-minded.
7 posted on 11/30/2010 11:52:06 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

My comments with regard to old Golden Mouth had nothing to do with the title of this collection of his sermons, but rather with the content of those sermons.

Not reading Greek, I am dependent on translations. If that at the Fordham site is inaccurate, please point me to another that is accurate and I’ll be glad to review it and possibly revise my opinion.

I am in perfect agreement that Chrysostom was not “anti-semitic,” if that is defined as racially-based hatred. If that is the criteria used few if any Christian Jew-haters (of whom there were many, notably including Luther) prior to early modern times would qualify as anti-semites, including those who perpetrated massive pogroms. Their hatred was religiously based and they were generally more than willing to accept converts from Judaism as their Christian brothers.

Defining anti-semitism as racial antagonism is projecting 20th century concerns back into a period where they had no meaning.


9 posted on 12/01/2010 7:17:07 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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