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Category: Chrysostom

  • Chrysostom and Vatican I

    Back in 2007, James White posted the following quotation from John Chrysostom: Having said to Peter, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonas, and of having promised to lay the foundation of the Church upon his confession; not long after He says, Get thee behind me, Satan. And elsewhere he said, Upon this rock. He did not…

  • Justification as Declaration of Righteousness

    Here are some thoughts on Justification from the early church father John Chrysostom, courtesy of the great Reformer Thomas Cranmer and my friend (and fellow heir to the legacy of Chrysostom and Cranmer) David King: Chrysostom (349-407): What does he mean when he says: “I have declared your justice?” He did not simply say: “I…

  • Justification by Faith Alone – An Affirmative Rebuttal

    I am still waiting to conduct my debate on Justification by Faith alone. I appreciate the comments left on my proposed Affirmative Constructive, but I thought I would share an Affirmative Rebuttal as well. The constructive sets forth the truth of Sola Fide from Scripture. The rebuttal addresses the historical question: if this is true,…

  • Chrysostom: Sermon 5 on Lazarus (On 1 Thessalonians 4:13)

    In reading through On Wealth and Poverty, providing Catharine P. Roth’s translation of six of Chrysostom’s seven sermons on the parable of Lazarus (or in reading through F. Allen’s translation of the first four of those same sermons), one may wish to see the contents of the fifth sermon on the parable of Lazarus. As…

  • Formal Sufficiency of Scripture: Fifth Century Fathers (Guest Series) (Bonus: Two Early Roman Bishops)

    Formal Sufficiency of ScriptureStated and Examined from Scripture and the Fathers, with scholarly confirmation regarding the Fathers’ views. This series first defined the nature of formal sufficiency (i.e. the Reformed view) in an introduction section (link) and then demonstrated Scripture’s own testimony to its sufficiency (link). Although that discussion was enough, we have continued by…

  • Two Eastern Fathers Whose Views Conflict with Purgatory

    Here are some quotations from some of the “Eastern Fathers,” namely Basil of Caesarea (A.D. 329-379) and John Chrysostom (A.D. 349-407). In this first quotation, notice what Chrysostom is saying about where sin can be remedied, in terms of this life or the next: So there is no righteous person who does not have sin,…

  • Chrysostom – Passages Inconsistent with an Idea of Purgatory

    Chrysostom, in the following passages, provides evidence suggesting that he knows nothing of any kind of post-mortem experience as purgatory… Chrysostom (349-407) commenting on Matthew 6:12: Let us know these and let us remember that terrible day and that fire. Let us put in our mind the terrible punishments and return once for all from…

  • Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 7)

    [Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 7) Basil of Caesarea (about A.D. 329-379): You could find many passages of this sort in the writings of the…

  • Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 6)

    [Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 6) 2 Peter 1:19-20 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take…

  • Magisterium More Sufficient than Scripture? (Part 4)

    [Cont’d from previous section] Is the Roman Catholic Magisterium More Sufficient than Sacred Scripture?Bryan Cross answered on the subject of the ability of the Scripture to interpret Scripture sufficiently, from Scripture, reason, and tradition. (Part 4) Caesarius of Arles (about A.D. 470-543) commenting on Rev. 22:10: Just as the divine Scriptures are sealed for those…