1: Androgathius in philosophy, Libanius in rhetoric. 2: An expression frequently employed by St. Chrysostom in the sense of a life of religious contempla[...] 3: For an account of the oppressive way in which the public taxes were collected, see Gibbon's Histo[...] 4: The iron furnace was a Hebrew proverbial expression signifying a "furnace hot enough to melt iron[...] 5: This must be regarded as a kind of rhetorical expression, as we learn from Chrysostom's "Letter t[...] 6: e0piskoph=j is the reading of most Mss but four have i/erwsun/hj, "the priesthood," which Bengel [...] 7: Forcible ordinations were not uncommon in the Church at this time. St. Augustin was dragged weepi[...] 8: Chrysostom was about 28 at this time. The Council of Neo C'sarea (about 320) fixed 30 as the age [...] 9: A metaphorical expression to denote a perilous position, as those who walked on the edge of the w[...] 10: Proverbs xviii. 19. LXX. version. 11: I Sam. xix. 12-18. 12: I Sam. xx. 11. 13: Literally, "sons of physicians." Compare the expression "sons of the prophets" in the Old Testame[...] 14: Clement of Alexandria (Stromata vii.) illustrates the same doctrine of allowable deceit for a use[...] 15: Acts xxi. 26. 16: lb. xvi. 3. 17: Gal. v.2. 18: Philipp. iii. 7. 19: Numb. xxv. 7. 20: 2 Kings i. 9-12. 21: I Kings xviii. 34. 22: Gen. xxii. 3. 23: Ib. xxvii. 19. 24: Exod. xi. 2. *************
1: John xxi. 15-17. 2: Matt. xxiv. 45. Some Mss. of Chrysostom have the future katasthsei, shall make ruler, but all Ms[...] 3: Matt. xxiv. 47. 4: In some editions tbe words "tend my sheep" are added here. 5: I Sam. x. 23. 6: Ephes. vi. 12. 7: Gal. v.19, 20, 21. 8: 2 Cor. xii. 20 9: I Cor. ii. II. 10: 2 Cor. i. 24. 11: Conf. Jer. v.5.5. 12: Jer. iii. 3. 13: 2 Tim. ii. 25. 14: Matt. xxiv. 45. 15: 1Tim. iii. 7. 16: John xiii. 35. 17: Rom. xiii. 10. 18: The passage is awkwardly expressed in the original. What Chrysotom says is that he will mention a[...] 19: Ps. cvii. 42.***********
1: Exod. xxviii. 4 sq. 2: 2 Cor. iii. 10. 3: This may be only a rhetorical expression, but perhaps there is an allusion to a custom which prev[...] 4: The caution mentioned just now in note 3 must he repeated here. A comparison of passages in the w[...] 5: Some Mss. omit the word pi/stewj "of faith," having in its place to/te "at that time." 6: In the Liturgy which bears the name of St. Chrysostom, the following invocation of the Holy Spiri[...] 7: Matt. xviii. 18.4. 8: John xx. 23. 5. 9: John v.22. 10: James v.14, 15. 11: 2 Cor. xi. 3. 12: 1 cor. ii. 3. 13: 2 Cor. xii. 4. 14: 2 Cor. xi. 9; I Thess. ii. 9. 15: 2 Cor. xi. 29. 16: Rom. ix. 3. 17: Chrysostom himself experienced the truth of this, for it was through the influence of Eudoxia, th[...] 18: I Cor. xiv. 34 ; I Tim. ii. 12. 19: Possibly the building, not the body of Christians is here signified : for in the contest between [...] 20: According to another reading the passage must he rendered, "shun the burden at the outset." 21: I Tim. iii. 1. 22: Matt. v. 1 23: Matt. v.22. 24: Prov. xv. 1, the Septuagint Version. 25: Dan. iii. 26: I Cor. xii:26. 27: I Cor. ii.11. 28: It is not possible to say precisely who the electors to bishoprics were at this time, but probabl[...] 29: A narrow Strait between the island of Euboa and the mainland of Greece, in which the tide was ver[...] 30: i.e., the business of elections. Chrysostom seems to have passed on from the elections of bishops[...] 31: That is , "put upon the Chruch-roll." From apostolic times as we know from I Tim. v. 9, 10, the C[...] 32: Ecclus iv. 8. 33: Ecclus. xviii. 15-17. 34: i.e., a life of religious contemplation, not, however, as a member of a monastic community, for C[...] 35: Ecclus. xlii. 9. 36: Matt. iii. 10. 37: 2 Cor. ii.7. 38: Hebrews xiii.17.*****************
1: prolabw=n ga\r au0to\j e9autou= tau/thn a0fei/leto th\n a0pologi/an.page 61 2: Matt. xxv. 30. 3: Mark ix. 44. 4: Matt. xxiv. 51; Luke xii. 46. Dixotomhqh=/ai. Some take this word to express the severance of th[...] 5: 1 Sam. ix.21. 6: paranomi/aj. If paranomi/aj be read, then "excesses" must he understood: -the word meaning. 1st, [...] 7: Aaron. 8: Ex. xxxii. 10, 11. 9: Ex. iv. 13. 10: Numb. xi. 15. <\Ei d0 ou#tw su\ poie=ij moi a0po/kteinonme<\, LXX. 11: Numb. xx. 12. 12: Numb. xii. 3. 13: Ex. xxxiii. 11. 14: John xii. 6. 15: i. e., because he had been chosen an apostle. 16: John xv. 22-24. 17: 1 Tim. v.22. 18: Eupori/aj, restricted here to commerce carried on by sea, as the context shows. 19: See Luke xiv. 28, 29 20: Is. lxvi. 24. 21: Matt xxiv. 51 The Revised Version in the margin renders, the lord of that servant shall severly s[...] 22: Col. i. 18, 24. 23: Eph. v.27. 24: Paidotribw=n, literally, those who teach boys wrestling. 25: Eph. vi. 16, 17. 26: 1 Pet iii. 15; "Haud seio an ita loqui possit primatus romani defensor." Bengel's Edition of this[...] 27: Acts vi. 4. 28: Col. iii. 16. 29: The followers of Manes, or Manich'us, who was born about 240 A.D. He taught that God was the caus[...] 30: "oi\ thn e9imapmnehn e0sa/gontej", sc. The Stoics. They were still a numerous body, and St. Chrys[...] 31: Marcion and Valentinus (A.D. 140) were each founders of a form of Gnosticism. Each held that the [...] 32: Sc. Jews and Marcionites. 33: Sabellius was condemned in a Council held in Rome,A.D. 263, for holding that there is but one per[...] 34: Sc. The Arians. 35: Paul of Samosata was appointed Bishop of Antioch about 260 A.D. The Humanitarian movement culmina[...] 36: i. e., while he maintained the Unity of the Godhead against the Arians there was danger of slippi[...] 37: i.e., while he divided the Persons against the Sabellians he had to guard against the Arian error[...] 38: Ps xxxvi. 6. 39: 2 Cor. xi. 6. See alao, 2 Cor. x. 10 40: Acts xx. 10. 41: Acts xiv 11. 42: 2 Cor. xii. 2-4. 43: Rom. ix. 3. 44: <\terpqreia/an<\, from <\te/rqron<\, literally, a sail-rope. The man who condescend[...] 45: 2 Cor. xi. 6. 46: Acts ix. 22. 47: Acts xvii. 34. 48: Acts xx. 9. 49: Acts xvii. 18. 50: Acts xiv. 11. 51: 2 Cor. x. 5. 52: 2 Cor. xi. 2. 53: 1 Tim. iv. 13. 54: 1 Tim. iv. 16. 55: 2 Tim. ii. 24. 56: 2 Tim. iii. 14, 15. 57: 2 Tim. iii. 16, 17, or "every Scripture inspired of God is also profitable," etc., so rendered in[...] 58: Titus i. 7, 9. Revised Version. 59: Col. iii. 16. 60: Col. iv. 6. 61: 1 Thess. v. 11. 62: 15. 1 Tim. v.17. 63: Matt. v. 19. 64: Acts xx. 31.*********
1: Chrysostom's own sermons were often interrupted by applause, which he always severely reprimanded[...] 2: Col. iv. 6. 3: e0pistuyai, literally, to purse up the mouth, as at the taste of what is tart or sour. 4: kakhgori/a - if kathgori/a be read, "accusation" will be the meaning. 5: Sc. The unlearned. 6: ei/likrinh=-, so that the sunlight fails to discern a flaw in them.. 7: Another reading is mani/a|, infatuation. 8: i. e.,The skillful preacher.*****
1: Heb. xiii. 17. 2: Matt. xviii. 6. 3: 1 Cor. viii. 12. 4: Ezek. xxxiii. 6. Gal. ii. 20 5: All the ancient Liturgies contained prayers for the departed. St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Catech. Mys[...] 6: "And we pray and beseech Thee, send down thy Holy Ghost upon us and upon these gifts here outspre[...] 7: Matt. xxii. 13. 8: Matt. v.13. 9: The following descriptions of monastic life were no doubt drawn from the habits of the monks in t[...] 10: Another reading gives its "career towards God." 11: According to a different reading, eat t\aj lsipa\j bxa/baj, "The injuries which remain." 12: 2 Cor. viii. 20. 13: 2 Cor. viii. 21; Rom. xii. 17. 14: Matt. xxv. 24. 15: Amos iii. 2. 16: Amos ii. 11. 17: Lev. iv. 3, 14. 18: Lev. xxi. 9. 19: 5. Ez. xxxiv. 17. 20: 1. Phil. ii. 1.****
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