Tag Archives: John Chrysostom

An Ancient Palm Sunday Homily

Posted on March 25, 2015 by

In honor of the rapidly approaching Palm Sunday, I’d like to share a bit of an ancient Christian homily celebrating this particular day on the Church calendar. The first Ante-Nicene Fathers editors attributed this text to Methodius of Olympus (d. 311), … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom’s Principles of Interpretation

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

I’m increasingly interested in how John Chrysostom utilized Scripture, both in his biblical commentaries and otherwise. Like most other early Christian figures, Chrysostom does not spend much time explicitly setting forth his method of interpretation (notable exceptions include Origen’s On First Principles … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom on the Good of Marriage, Part 2

Posted on July 4, 2014 by

In my final post on this subject, we encounter some truly beautiful words concerning marriage and family life as we arrive at the heart of Chrysostom’s positive view on marriage, which, I believe, stems from a principle found in his Homily … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom on the Good of Marriage, Part 1

Posted on June 27, 2014 by

This week, we turn from Augustine in the West to a contemporaneous, and equally influential, figure in the East: John, who would later come to be known as “Chrysostom” (Golden Mouth) was born in Antioch around the middle of the … Continue reading →

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