Life of John Chrysostom

by Frederic M. Perthes

Publishers:

John P. Jewett & Company; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington; Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman

, 1854

Overview

Known for his eloquent preaching and public speaking, John Chrysostom (c. 347–407), given the posthumous Greek epithet chrysostomos or “golden mouthed,” was the archbishop of Constantinople and an influential early Church Father. He is recognized as a saint in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Church and is one of the Three Holy Hierarchs along with Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianus.

Given to extreme asceticism, he lived as a hermit for two years before poor health forced him to return to Antioch, where he was ordained as a deacon, and later a priest, of the Antiochene Church. His insightful expositions and discourses on the Bible made him a popular orator in the Church, and he was appointed archbishop of Constantinople in 397.

Based on the investigations of Neander, Böhringer, and others, Life of John Chrysostom details the “golden-mouthed” orator’s influence on Asia Minor. It offers a look into his role as preacher and bishop, his interactions with different sects and notable persons during his life, and an exacting account of his three-year exile.

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Key Features

• Provides a complete biography of John Chrysostom
• Offers a vibrant picture of the man, and the life of the church at the time that he lived
• Includes ample historical background

Contents

• Name and Time
• Education and Culture
• Chrysostom as Presbyter at Antioch
• Call to the Capital
• The Residence
• Chrysostom as Patriarch
• Chrysostom as Preacher in Constantinople
• Chrysostom and Olympias
• Chrysostom and Eutropius
• Chrysostom’s Solicitude for the Conversion of the Heathen
• Chrysostom and the Sects
• Chrysostom’s Procedure towards the unworthy Clergy
• Chrysostom and the Empress Eudoxia
• Origen, (a Vindication of Christian Science in the Church)
• The Origenistic Controversies
• Theophilus against Chrysostom
• The Adherents of Chrysostom in Constantinople
• The Exile
• Chrysostom as a Pulpit Orator.

Top Highlights

“‘A Christian,’ said he, ‘must be distinguished from the heathen by enduring all courageously. Filled with the hope of future blessings, he must be raised above the assault of temporal sufferings. The believer stands upon a rock; hence the floods cannot overthrow him. Let us take heart, for God cares for us more than we care for ourselves.’” (Page 18)

“‘I see the church lying as a dead body; in it we discern the form of man, but only the form, not the man himself. Thus all the members of the church are believers; their thoughts have the form of belief, but the life is wanting. We have suffered the power and warmth of life to escape from our faith.’” (Page 43)

“‘How does your applause help me? It will be the right approval if you practice in life what I say to you. The church is no theatre, where men listen for their own pleasure.” (Page 18)

“Under some pretext he was led quietly from the city to a neighboring farm, where two messengers of the Emperor were waiting with a carriage, into which he was placed, and then, without regard to the wish and will of preacher or church, he was carried to Constantinople.” (Pages 27–28)

“Now you are daily in the church, but truly we go not into the church merely for the sake of being present, but in order to bear home treasures from this place. We sin by going empty away from the house of God. Therefore, when you go home, let the friend bear somewhat to his friend, the father to his children, the masters to their slaves. From the garden and the forest we bring flowers and branches to our friends, from banquets the mother brings dainties to her children; and shall we return empty from the house of God to our families?’” (Pages 21–22)

Product Details

• Title: Life of John Chrysostom
• Author: Frederic M. Perthes
• Publisher: John P. Jewett and Company
• Publication Date: 1854
• Pages: 261