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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
The Homilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul, the Apostle, to the Corinthians
The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
The Homilies
The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
The Homilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul, the Apostle, to the Corinthians
Author: Saint John Chrysostom
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781230011288
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...Jews. 313 and the same Person both brought them through the sea, 1 Con. and thee through Baptism; and before them set manna, but 10' 5' before thee His Body and Blood." 4-. As touching His gift then, such is the case: now let us observe also what follows, and consider, whether when they shewed themselves unworthy of the gift, He spared them. Nay, this thou canst not say. Wherefore also he added, But with most of them God was not well-pleased; although He had honoured them with so great honour. Yea, it profited them nothing, but most of them perished. The truth is, they all perished, but that he might not seem to prophesy total destruction to these also, therefore he said, the more part. And yet they were innumerable; but their number profited them nothing: and these were all so many tokens of love; but not even did this profit them, inasmuch as they did not themselves shew forth the fruits of love. Thus, since most men disbelieve the things said of hell, as not being in presence nor in sight; he alleges the things heretofore done as an indication, that God doth punish all who sin, even though He have bestowed innumerable benefits upon them: "for if ye disbelieve the things to come," so he speaks, "yet surely the things that are past ye will not disbelieve." Consider, for example, how great benefits He bestowed on them: from Egypt and the slavery there He set them free, the sea He made their path, from heaven He brought down manna, from beneath He sent forth strange and marvellous fountains of waters; 'He was with them every where, doing wonders, and fencing them in on every side: nevertheless, since they shewed forth nothing worthy of this gift, He spared them not, but destroyed them all. Ver. 5....
The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
