Homilies to the People of Antioch

by John Chrysostom

Publishers:

John Henry Parker; J. G. F. & J. Rivington

, 1842

Overview

Archbishop of Constantinople and influential early Church Father John Chrysostom was known for his eloquent preaching. His homilies were not written, but spoken to the people, often transcribed by listeners for wider distribution. Direct and personal in style, his teaching often targeted Christian involvement in the materialism and paganism surrounding the early church.

This volume contains John Chrysostom’s 21 homilies to the people of Antioch.

Key Features

• Contains practical guidance from one of Christianity’s most influential preachers and theologians
• Offers insight into the trials and circumstances of the fourth centurty church
• Includes homilies that are both consoling and corrective on living a Christian life

Contents

Top Highlights

“ We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers.” (Page 60)

“Fire is accounted by the Persians to be a god; and the barbarians, who inhabit that country even now honour it with much worship. God, therefore, being desirous to pull up by the roots this foundation of impiety, permitted the very nature of this punishment, in order that He might give the victory to His servants before the eyes of all these fire-worshippers; persuading them by the plain fact, that the gods of the Gentiles are in dread not of God only, but even of the servants of God.” (Page 84)

“Antioch, in which the Statues of the Emperor Theodosius and Flacilla his wife were thrown down and dragged about the city, at which Theodosius was so exasperated, as even to think of destroying the city entirely.” (Page iii)

“very theatre of angels shouted at beholding his fortitude of soul, and applauded him as he won his crown!^{1” (Pages 18–19)}

“lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.” (Page 16)

Product Details

• Title: The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Statues, or to the People of Antioch
• Author: John Chrysostom
• Series: A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church
• Publishers: John Henry Parker, J. G. F. & J. Rivington
• Print Publication Date: 1842
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 486
• Era: era:nicene
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Antioch (Turkey); Bible › History of contemporary events; John Chrysostom, Saint, -407
• Resource ID: LLS:HMLSSTJHNCHRYSTM09
• Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:59:52Z

About John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities. After his death (or, according to some sources, during his life) he was given the Greek surname chrysostomos, meaning “golden mouthed,” rendered in English as Chrysostom.