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  1 Pref   |          into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of God, and saying, ‘The
  2 Pref   |           repent, and believe in the Gospel’” ( Mark 1:14-15).~ “By
  3 Pref   |                Christ’s words in the Gospel of Matthew express a truth
  4 Pref   |              task of proclaiming the Gospel, interpreting the new faith,
  5 Pref   |             the basis of Christ, the Gospel, as well as the early Church
  6 Pref   |             Orthodoxy? They are: the Gospel, spiritual life, and a balanced
  7 Pref   |              The proclamation of the Gospel leads to focus on Christ,
  8 Pref   |              unique attribute of the Gospel is that it awakens faith
  9 Intro,1|            to: 1) put Christ and His Gospel at the center our concerns;
 10 Intro,2|         centrality of Christ and the Gospel? Are we applying Orthodox
 11 Intro,3|           centered on Christ and the Gospel, nurturing its communal
 12 Intro,6|             proclaims Christ and the Gospel in its fulness, it freely
 13 Intro,6|              light of Christ and the Gospel. We must meet in board rooms
 14 1,1    |                                  The Gospel in Saint John Chrysostom.~
 15 1,1    |     intrinsic truth and power of the Gospel grounded in the self-revelation
 16 1,1    |    Chrysostom’s understanding of the Gospel.~ Saint John Chrysostom (
 17 1,1    |       confidence in the truth of the Gospel to which he devoted his
 18 1,1    |           and spiritual power of the Gospel itself. It explores basic
 19 1,1    |           does Chrysostom define the Gospel? What is the content of
 20 1,1    |           What is the content of the Gospel? What is the power of the
 21 1,1    |             What is the power of the Gospel and what determines its
 22 1,2    |                    The Nature of the Gospel.~ Saint John does not anywhere
 23 1,2    |             not anywhere take up the Gospel as a systematic topic of
 24 1,2    |            glean his ideas about the Gospel from various parts of his
 25 1,2    |   understanding of the nature of the gospel will show that he moves
 26 1,2    |              s convictions about the Gospel must begin widely with his
 27 1,2    |      Evangelist Matthew wrote in his Gospel is not his own but belongs
 28 1,2    |         blessings, he associates the Gospel more closely with the four
 29 1,2    |           evangelist — to preach the Gospel (1 Cor. 1:16). Nevertheless,
 30 1,2    |        sources of the good news. The Gospel is grounded in the historical
 31 1,2    |       preeminent evangelists are the Gospel writers.~ Saint John celebrates
 32 1,2    |            Saint John celebrates the Gospel in terms of two elements:
 33 1,2    |         terms of the contents of the Gospel, Chrysostom draws a distinction
 34 1,2    |            Chrysostom identifies the Gospel with the living Christ Himself.
 35 1,2    |        ultimately the essence of the Gospel in terms of both its content
 36 1,2    |             from his Homilies on the Gospel of John. The Antiochean
 37 1,2    |           ground of the unity of the Gospel. The written Gospels are
 38 1,2    |            Gospels are many, yet the Gospel is one, and is centered
 39 1,2    |          Antiochean Father this same gospel was anticipated and proclaimed
 40 1,2    |     crucified and having risen. This gospel also Gabriel~preached to
 41 1,2    |           that there can be no other Gospel except the one which he
 42 1,2    |           and had canonized only the Gospel of Luke, and that expurgated
 43 1,2    |             the four Gospels are one Gospel; for, as the four say the~
 44 1,2    |           theological tradition. The Gospel as a saving message is finally
 45 1,3    |                     The Power of the Gospel.~ The story of the expansion
 46 1,3    |           impede the progress of the Gospel of Christ. Even during the
 47 1,3    |           the truth and power of the gospel which they saw as the primary
 48 1,3    |     assurance about the power of the Gospel or his ardor about preaching
 49 1,3    |              the proclamation of the Gospel. In a striking passage in
 50 1,3    |            resounding success of the Gospel:~ ~Just as the rays of the
 51 1,3    |            in the clear light of the Gospel as it was disseminated by
 52 1,3    |            behind the triumph of the Gospel? In what ways was it evident
 53 1,3    |              the proclamation of the Gospel, the mighty deeds of the
 54 1,3    |            their proclamation of the Gospel receives greater attention
 55 1,3    |      foolishness and weakness of the Gospel centered on the crucified
 56 1,3    |            does not concede that the Gospel of the crucified Christ
 57 1,3    |            nevertheless preached the Gospel by the power of the Holy
 58 1,3    |        Christ sent him to preach the Gospel “not with eloquent wisdom,
 59 1,3    |           the gift but only that the Gospel, the heralding of the good
 60 1,3    |       brilliant. It showed that “the Gospel was the result not of human
 61 1,4    |                  The Response to the Gospel.~ An assessment of Chrysostom'
 62 1,4    |              nature and power of the Gospel would be incomplete without
 63 1,4    |              The proclamation of the Gospel takes hold and bears rich
 64 1,4    |            the human response to the Gospel is, according to Chrysostom,
 65 1,4    |         through the preaching of the Gospel (Rom. 1:17). This righteousness,
 66 1,4    |           power and blessings of the Gospel is, according to Chrysostom,
 67 1,4    |              his first homily on the Gospel of St. John. Chrysostom
 68 1,4    |          cleansing. The words of the Gospel can mean nothing to him
 69 1,4    |        aspect of the response to the Gospel is related to society at
 70 1,4    |              about the impact of the Gospel upon believers but also
 71 1,4    |       demonstrating the power of the Gospel in his homilies on the early
 72 1,4    |             is nothing.[38]~ ~If the Gospel has had such amazing success
 73 1,4    |  demonstration of the triumph of the Gospel during the early centuries.
 74 1,4    |        enjoying the blessings of the Gospel, Christians ought to celebrate
 75 2,1    |                                  The Gospel in the Orthodox Tradition.~
 76 2,1    |              an understanding of the Gospel in a comprehensive Orthodox
 77 2,1    |   self-revelation and to cherish the Gospel of Christ as the very soul
 78 2,1    |         being rightly related to the Gospel of the apostolic tradition —
 79 2,1    |           time when the light of the Gospel did not shine, nor a time
 80 2,1    |            centered on the apostolic Gospel concerning Christ who “is
 81 2,1    |              invincible power of the Gospel which is called, in the
 82 2,1    |            Eph 2:19-22; 3:4-10). The Gospel of Christ, which is the
 83 2,2    |                                  The Gospel in Worship.~ The attacks
 84 2,2    |            hearing and accepting the Gospel, of repenting and being
 85 2,2    |        communion of the saints.~ The Gospel in the worship of the early
 86 2,2    |          such as the prologue of the Gospel of John, Philippians 2:6-
 87 2,2    |     hymnological presentation of the Gospel. Most Christians may be
 88 2,2    |   Resurrection Hymns,” set forth the Gospel of the death and resurrection
 89 2,2    |       liturgical proclamation of the Gospel is not restricted, as it
 90 2,2    |       liturgical presentation of the Gospel is not limited to the New
 91 2,2    |       liturgical presentation of the Gospel is the Holy Eucharist or
 92 2,2    |           relate to the heart of the Gospel and that they presuppose
 93 2,2    |             figurative in Rom 6. The Gospel of John which declares that
 94 2,2    |            preacher can proclaim the Gospel with words, voice inflections
 95 2,2    |              out the contents of the Gospel actualizing its blessings
 96 2,2    |       anamnesis of the events of the Gospel and their efficacious power.
 97 2,2    |              is the enactment of the Gospel through sacramental action.~
 98 2,2    |               The centerpiece is the Gospel according to John 3:16,
 99 2,3    |                                  The Gospel in Preaching and Teaching.~
100 2,3    |              The presentation of the Gospel in preaching and teaching
101 2,3    |              also the demands of the Gospel such as to repent of their
102 2,3    |            only understanding of the Gospel message but also obedience
103 2,3    |       comprehend the message of your gospel.~Instill in us also reverence
104 2,3    |          does it mean to present the Gospel in preaching and teaching?
105 2,3    |             and teaching? How is the Gospel understood, interpreted,
106 2,3    |             alone,” “Christ alone,” “Gospel alone,” and “me and God'
107 2,3    |              focus on Scripture, the Gospel, as well as personal faith
108 2,3    |              and presentation of the Gospel in preaching and teaching
109 2,3    |             councils. Christ and the Gospel were promoted by His followers,
110 2,3    |       tradition, word and sacrament, Gospel and law, grace and will,
111 2,3    |              the presentation of the Gospel in preaching and teaching
112 2,3    |             fearless preacher of the Gospel who, according to Chrysostom,
113 2,3    |     Chrysostom nowhere discusses the Gospel as a separate subject, for
114 2,3    |    Chrysostom, the very heart of the Gospel is the living Christ, His
115 2,3    |            to proclaim and teach the Gospel to all. While he hides the
116 2,3    |            history. The power of the Gospel derives from the risen Christ
117 2,3    |              the proclamation of the Gospel. The model preacher is the
118 2,3    |            whose proclamation of the Gospel Saint John exalts as the
119 2,3    |    application of the demands of the gospel, with recurrent attention
120 2,3    |            of his words. He read the Gospel of Matthew as well as that
121 2,3    |         through the preaching of the Gospel (Rom. 1:17. This righteousness,
122 2,3    |             and the blessings of the Gospel that leads Chrysostom to
123 2,4    |                                  The Gospel in Theology and Spirituality.~
124 2,4    |            said above concerning the Gospel in worship, preaching and
125 2,4    |           defined the content of the Gospel as being the crucified and
126 2,4    |             the relationship between Gospel and theology, the participatory
127 2,4    |   deification”), and the role of the Gospel in Orthodox spirituality.~
128 2,4    |           close relationship between Gospel and theology in the Orthodox
129 2,4    |     Testament itself, especially the Gospel of John and the Epistles
130 2,4    |          which especially the Fourth Gospel bears testimony.~ As the
131 2,4    |           now to some remarks on the Gospel in Orthodox spirituality.
132 2,4    |       proclaimed to Nicodemos in the Gospel of John. According to Saint
133 2,5    |               namely, Christ and the Gospel. We have examined above
134 2,5    |          Orthodoxy pertaining to the Gospel. However, Orthodoxy also
135 2,5    |  rediscovering the centrality of the Gospel, as well as of energizing
136 3,1    |                                  The Gospel in the Parish~ About twenty
137 3,1    |             the actualization of the Gospel in the parish. At stake
138 3,1    |              need to reawaken to the Gospel of Christ, the core message
139 3,1    |           for the Scriptures and the Gospel, and a high level of Christian
140 3,1    |             the actualization of the Gospel in the parish. At issue
141 3,2    |               clear teaching and the Gospel. According to the commission,
142 3,3    |                     The Power of the Gospel~ One of the most remarkable
143 3,3    |              the proclamation of the Gospel was neither a matter of
144 3,3    |             likens the spread of the gospel to a sunrise which is the
145 3,3    |              essential truths of the Gospel interpreting the mystery
146 3,3    |     affirmative. The fullness of the gospel is enshrined in the total
147 3,3    |        majority of the faithful. The Gospel is enshrined in the total
148 3,3    |           voice. In other words, the Gospel is not proclaimed and taught
149 3,3    |      sufficient focus and clarity as Gospel, and with ample faith and
150 3,3    |              of God.~ Indeed, if the Gospel resounded in the parish
151 3,4    |           repent, and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:14-15). A formidable
152 3,4    |           preaching and teaching the Gospel. The following basic elements
153 3,4    |              the conviction that the Gospel mediates God’s presence
154 3,4    |              power here and now. The Gospel is not simply an abstract
155 3,4    |              to the Romans that “the Gospel is the power of God for
156 3,4    |             must be convinced of the Gospel’s spiritual power and convey
157 3,4    |            prove the validity of the gospel. Such a mentality is counter-productive
158 3,4    |              and seek to connect the Gospel with every aspect of the
159 3,4    |          imagery and language of the Gospel — which is the word of God,
160 3,4    |             good news as a gift. The Gospel is that “God so loved the
161 3,4    |             teaches that Christ, the Gospel, the Church, the Holy Spirit,
162 3,4    |             Spirit.~ To be sure, the Gospel carries both gifts and tasks.
163 3,4    |             way of the Cross. But he Gospel as gift comes first. It
164 3,4    |            live a life worthy of the Gospel.~ A third element of evangelization
165 3,4    |              a clear response to the Gospel. The very nature of the
166 3,4    |               The very nature of the Gospel as a gift requires a response.
167 3,4    |         necessity of response to the Gospel — not only once but again
168 3,4    |             way of life based on the Gospel. Obedience is primarily
169 3,4    |           and our neighbor. When the Gospel is preached and taught as
170 3,4    |             holiness of conduct. The Gospel looks to create a sense
171 3,4    |            in our daily walk. In the Gospel of John, Christ compares
172 3,4    |              the proclamation of the Gospel, as well as the light of
173 3,4    |            the new creation that the Gospel imparts to receptive hearts.
174 3,4    |             out of “the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ”
175 3,4    |            His grace by means of the Gospel: “For what we preach is
176 3,4    | Evangelization, the preaching of the Gospel, is not the only ministry
177 4,1    |              the proclamation of the Gospel. In the Orthodox perspective
178 4,1    |           which the blessings of the Gospel are actualized. Church and
179 4,1    |           are actualized. Church and Gospel are inseparable elements
180 4,1    |            Church, there would be no Gospel to preach apart from the
181 4,1    |             faith entrusted with the Gospel. In turn, the Church itself
182 4,1    |           Pentecost. God, Church and Gospel are intimately connected.
183 4,1    |       connected. In its fullness the Gospel message is none other than
184 4,1    |          news.~ A key passage in the Gospel of Saint Matthew integrates
185 4,1    |           crowning conclusion to the Gospel of Matthew, summing up central
186 4,1    |             up central themes of the Gospel, as well as a permanent
187 4,2    |              passages throughout the Gospel. Chief among them are the
188 4,2    |             Testament, including the Gospel of John, the Pauline Epistles
189 4,2    |            events and concepts — the Gospel of Saint John provides the
190 4,3    |                 Holy Community.~ The Gospel of Saint Matthew is known
191 4,3    |          known as the ecclesiastical Gospel. It was the most popular
192 4,3    |              It was the most popular Gospel in the ancient Church because
193 4,3    |          chaps. 5-7). It is also the Gospel which explicitly uses the
194 4,3    |            Lord had commanded in the Gospel — underscores the reality
195 4,3    |           not merely to announce the gospel and move on, but to baptize
196 4,3    |              living word of God, the Gospel, as well as Baptism (1 Pt
197 4,4    |               While neither the term Gospel (euangelion), nor the vert “
198 4,4    |      signature” of the author of the Gospel in Mt. 13:52: “Therefore
199 4,4    |            not merely announcing the gospel but also “making disciples,”
200 4,4    |           repent, and believe in the Gospel” (Mk. 1:14-15). After His
201 4,4    |         testimony of the life of the Gospel as well as the communal
202 4,4    |           What is the content of the Gospel which is proclaimed as good
203 4,4    |          good news? The heart of the Gospel is the message about the
204 4,4    |           the Corinthians about “the Gospel, which you received, in
205 4,4    |              is inaugurated. But the Gospel includes the entire ministry
206 4,4    |              news when he begins his Gospel with the words: “The beginning
207 4,4    |         words: “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son
208 4,4    |             Jn 1:14). Ultimately the gospel is the person of Christ
209 4,4    |     crucified and risen Christ.~ The Gospel is preached and taught with
210 4,4    |              is a celebration of the Gospel through liturgical and sacramental
211 4,4    |             in this perspective, the Gospel is the foundation of the
212 4,4    |             most often refers to the Gospel as “the Gospel of Christ” (
213 4,4    |         refers to the Gospel as “the Gospel of Christ” (Rom. 15:19;
214 4,4    |             news is also called “the Gospel of God” (Mk 1:14; Rom. 1:
215 4,4    |              his Son. The proclaimed Gospel is the active power of God
216 5,2    |              religion of prayer. The Gospel of Luke (chaps. 1-2) tells
217 5,2    |              Saint Paul preached the Gospel and established churches
218 5,2    |           fight for the truth of the Gospel before Jews, Gentiles, and
219 5,2    |           Chrysostom, a lover of the Gospel of Christ and a great admirer
220 5,2    |            of Christ and the applied Gospel. Later, as Archbishop of
221 5,5    |            union predominates in the Gospel of John, especially in what
222 6,1    |      communicate to his readers is a gospel, good news, a divine message:
223 6,6    |            just as the father of the Gospel story did not reproach his
224 7,1    |              Human Development.~ The Gospel account of the woman caught
225 8,3    |            of God” pertaining to the Gospel and for the sake of Gentiles,
226 8,3    |         Saint Paul speaks about “his Gospel,” he surely means not a
227 8,3    |         surely means not a different Gospel from that preached by all (
228 8,3    |    requirements of the Mosaic Law, a Gospel with which “the pillars”
229 8,3    |            the universal Savior, the Gospel as the universal message,
230 8,4    |             I am eager to preach the Gospel to you also who are in Rome” (
231 8,4    |          origin and authority of the Gospel, he describes his conversion
232 8,4    |            Apostle contends for “the Gospel which [he] preach[es] among
233 8,4    |             among the Gentiles,” the Gospel to the uncircumcised “entrusted”
234 8,4    |           all... for the sake of the Gospel” (1 Cor. 9:19,22-23).~ ~ ~
235 9,1    |              the proclamation of the Gospel, the initiation act of Baptism,
236 9,1    |     faithfulness to the truth of the Gospel of Christ.~ Twenty centuries
237 9,2    |              recall the words of the Gospel lesson recited on the Sunday
238 9,2    |             Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Gospel lesson recounts the conversion
239 9,2    |             the opening words of the Gospel of John: “In the beginning
240 9,2    |           marvelous good news of the Gospel is that the eternal Son
241 9,2    |               See what good news the gospel announces to us? No matter
242 9,3    |              and only Christ and His Gospel, at the center of our concerns,
243 9,3    |           the sake of Christ and the Gospel.~3)      We must abandon
244 9,3    |              we can live by Christ’s Gospel and still retain all the
245 9,3    |          religious triumphalism. The Gospel text notes that Christ said
246 9,3    |            and promote the universal Gospel and the one Church of Christ
247 9,3    |          nevertheless proclaimed the Gospel and carried the aroma of
248 9,3    |           people for my sake and the Gospel’s. And, behold, I am with
249 10,2   |          neither in the power of the Gospel of Christ, nor in the mission
250 10,3   |          worship, the message of the Gospel enriched by unsurpassed
251 10,5   |           Rev. 1:17). Christ and His Gospel is the foundation of the
252 10,5   |           response to Christ and the Gospel: that Christ died for our
253 10,5   |           repent, and believe in the Gospel” (Mk 1:15). Repentance as
254 11,4   |    temptation of contrasting Law and Gospel, free will and grace, works
255 11,4   |         Saint John Chrysostom on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, Homily
256 11,4   |    Chrysostom’s understanding of the Gospel, see Chapter One.~  [52].
257 11,4   |              Cor. 7:19). Christ, the Gospel, and Christian existence
258 11,4   |             of Christ: Essays on the Gospel, Sacraments and Spirit (