Saint Chrysostom's Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and by Chrysostom Saint Chrysostom, Philip Schaff

By Chrysostom Saint Chrysostom, Philip Schaff

Quantity eleven of a 14 quantity set. St. Chrysostom's sermons contained inside of depicts his perspectives of the Seven Deacons within the Acts, John of Damascus, Photius, Andreas Presbyter, and so forth. people who find themselves accustomed to the attribute traits of St. Chrysostom's lectures will understand the transparent and entire exposition of the historic experience within the discourses of St. Peter, St. Stephen, St. James and St. Paul.

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Fifthly, that evil is the cause of the goodness of God, and that without this the Good had not been good. Sixthly, they bar against us the ways of attaining unto the knowledge of God. Seventhly, they bring God down into men, yea plants and logs. For if our soul be of the substance of God, but the process of its transmigration into new bodies brings it at last into cucumbers, and melons, and onions, why then the substance of God will pass into cucumbers! And if we say, that the Holy Ghost fashioned the Temple [of our Lord’s body] in the Virgin, they laugh us to scorn: and if, that He dwelt in that spiritual Temple, again they laugh; while they themselves are not ashamed to bring down God’s substance into cucumbers, and melons, and flies, and caterpillars, and asses, thus excogitating a new fashion of idolatry: for let it not be as the Egyptians have it, “The onion is God;” but let it be, “God in the onion”!

Peter has now become a better man than he was. So much for this point. But as to their request to have their body filled up not simply, but by revelation, we will mention two reasons; first,” etc. 61 Edd. , all, both men and women. Chrys. is commenting on the address ἄνδρες αδελφοὶ as including the women also who were before said to be present. Comp. Hom. in Matt. lxxiii. p. 712, B. on the separation of men and women in the Churches. ” He does not say, David, but the Spirit through him. See what kind of doctrine the writer has at the very outset of the book.

What then saith the mouth of the Apostles, Peter? ” 60 Chrys. seems to have read on to the end of the chapter. The rest of the citation being omitted in the mss. the remodeller of the text makes alterations, and adds matter of his own, to make the exposition run smoother. “Why did he not ask Christ, alone, to give him some one in the place of Judas? ” Then instead of βέλτιον γέγονε λοιπον πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ, κ. τ. λ. he has, βελτίων λοιπὸν ἦν γεγονως ό Πετρὸς αὐτὸς ὲαυτοῦ, κ. τ. λ. “Peter has now become a better man than he was.

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