St John Chrysostom
Subtitle: Six Books on the Priesthood
By: John Chrysostom ; translated, with an introduction by Graham Neville.
Series: Popular patristics series
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Crestwood, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Clergy -- Office.
First sentence: None of the Fathers of the early church is better known or loved than St John Chrysostom, and none of his works is more popular than On the Priesthood. Its stylistic brilliance demonstrates the appropriateness of St John's enduring title, "the golden-mouthed." Yet the rhetorical eloquence of the work is not simply camouflage for lack of substance. As Graham Neville observes in his Introduction, Chrysostom "had a mind both practical and idealistic, that brought into close connection the evils and injustices of the world and the perfection of moral life demanded by the gospel."
Description: None of the Fathers of the early church is better known or loved than St John Chrysostom, and none of his works is more popular than On the Priesthood. Its stylistic brilliance demonstrates the appropriateness of St John's enduring title, "the golden-mouthed." Yet the rhetorical eloquence of the work is not simply camouflage for lack of substance. As Graham Neville observes in his Introduction, Chrysostom "had a mind both practical and idealistic, that brought into close connection the evils and injustices of the world and the perfection of moral life demanded by the gospel."
Notes: "The translation is a thoroughly revised version of T.A. Moxon's translation, published by S.P.C.K. in 1907"--Pref.
Originally published: London : S.P.C.K., 1964.