Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

NPNF (V1-14)St. ChrysostomHardening of our hearts is of our own fault, 253.Harlots, their imperious treatment of their lovers, 294, 295; their rapacity in spoiling their lovers,330.Harvest of souls, 119; prepared by the Prophets, reaped by the Apostles, 120.Health, the daughter of Abstinence, 78.Hearers, what their disposition should be, 2, 8; why to be earnest, 2; why tranquil, 2; should preparethemselves, 3, 38; how they become confused, 8; the careless, condemned, ib.; worse thanbeasts, 9; should keep what they hear, 32; should not resent reproof, 40; state of, to beconsidered in teaching and reading Scripture, 105; should imitate the woman of Samaria, 110.Hearing and seeing, said of God, and Christ, imply their exact knowledge, 92, 103, 136, 141; theword, requires stillness, 168; a spiritual mind, 169; earnest zeal, 183; carefulness, 187; tendsto reverence, 192.Heathens, conversion of, hindered by our indifference, 61; zeal of, our reproach, 62; some rejectedChristianity from love of vice, 97; some virtuous but very rarely, 98; did not go to the lightwhen it came to them, ib.; none believed but those who before wished to live well, ib.; doctrinesof, weak and inconsistent, 247; conversion of, hindered by the coldness and sins of Christians,266.Heaven, the thoughts of, should set us above the world, 293; and little affronts, 294; our real home,293.Hell, fire of, prepared for the devil, 66; existence of, denied by some, 96; proved credible by 1 Cor.v., 131; threat of, proves human freedom, 134.Heralds of Christ's birth, 41.Heretics err, by not considering the objects of the speakers in Holy Scripture, 144; must be refutedfrom Holy Scripture, 149; an objection of, to Christ's answer to the Jews, 198; barred fromthe fold by Scripture, 213; their misinterpretation of the parable of the sheepfold, 214; deniedthe Resurrection on Heathen principles of the eternity of matter, 247; to be resisted byknowledge of the Scriptures, ib.Herod the Tetrarch, his troops destroyed by Aretas, 44 (note).High Priest, the, inspired for his office's sake, 241; chosen annually through corruption, ib.High Priesthood, the, trafficked and made annual under Christ, 241.Hireling, the, marks of, 215; signifies the Jewish teachers, 216.Holiness of Christians and Jews contrasted, 48; a relative term, 49; absolutely necessary to salvation,106.Holy Ghost, the, speaks through the Scriptures, 2, 16, 22; not meant by the words "in Him waslife," 21; uncreated, 22; given in Baptism, 36; His descent upon Christ was to declare Him,59; not given in John's Baptism, 60; office of, not to teach, but to recall Christ's teaching, 83;superior to soul, in giving life, 88; performs the work of God, 91; power of, shown by thecomparison of wind, ib.; His Infinity declared by John Baptist, 105; the names of "Fire," and"Water," used to express His operations, not His Essence, because possessing the qualities ofboth, 111; His grace may be increased, may be quenched by covetousness and cruelty, 183;largeness of, intended by the "Living Water," 184; spake by the Prophets, ib.; and triumphedin the Apostles, but not before the Crucifixion, ib.; deserted the Jews after the Passion, 241;His power in the Apostles, 277, 278; enables us to overcome the flesh, and makes men equalto Angels, 278; is "of Truth," because of the Father, 284; speaks only the words of Christ,771