[annalex]

The only thing difference is that they live today, not back in the time of Chrysostom

That is critical - they have not made that culture and mentality their own. I, of course, also read modern scholars of the scripture, but I will take the patristic interpretation over theirs any time.

[Truth Defender]

That is critical - they have not made that culture and mentality their own. I, of course, also read modern scholars of the scripture, but I will take the patristic interpretation over theirs any time.

Granted, but that is why they read about the culture and seek to understand it. One does not need to be a Catholic to understand the culture and thinking process of those who lived then.