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

NPNF (V1-14)St. Chrysostomnot need attendants when they go through the world, 495; the theatre of Christians, 496; with,is that soul, whose lover God is, 498; angelic work, yea, Christ's work to do all for salvationof brethren, 377.Anger, how guarded against, 393; a fire a flame, forbearance quenches it, as iron red-hot dippedin water is quenched, 468.Animals, do not readily attack their fellows of the same species, 480.Antichrist, the Jews having rejected Christ, will fall into hand of, 515.Apostles, received nothing in writing, 435; tombs of but four known (see Tombs), 482.Arians, 376, 407; their formula, there was when He was not, 367; as by an instrument, 371; Godneeded not an helper, 376.Arius, 370, 371, 376.Armor, some parts of Christian, explained, 393; shield of faith, 468; girdle of truth, 450.Article, definite, force of, 376.Athlete, example of an, 392, 456, 462, 470; Christ's, 478; chastisement strengthens, 503.Babylonians, of less understanding than they of Lystra, 486.Baptism, sins forgiven in, 389; cleanses the soul, 455; repentance after, is of grace, 400; after,comes repentance, 436; necessary, 410; one, 410 sqq., 457; if not so, how careless we shouldget, 411; if more than one, an endless number, ib.; a cross, 410; our death and rising, 411; giftsin, ib.; a grace once for all, ib.; the whole is grace, 410; called "the Seal," 430; enlightening,431; peril of delaying to the end of life, ib.; they who do so alluded to, 457, 481 (note); greatloss thence even if one does not receive baptism, 431 sqq.; shame that accrues to these whenthey behold others' sweats and rewards, 431 sqq.; bears sons, 433; our Lord's Passion, 444; ifwithout fruit, punishment, 457; makes brotherhood, because God then our Father, 480.Baptized, the, called Enlightened, 432.Bastards, not worth punishing, 500.Beatitudes, 403.Begging, a disgrace, 421,Beginning, value of, 412; and hardness, ib.Bitterness, root of, difference between and a bitter root, 506.Brother, in St. Paul meant not a monk but a believer, 480, 481.Cain, what St. Chrysostom thought the fault of his sacrifice, 514.Carnal, tempers what, 452.Catechumens, 430, 432; know Christ and the Faith, 432; not a brother in St. Paul's sense, even ifhe be a monk, 480.Chance, they who all to, are not pleasing to God, 467.Charity, praise of, 381; his work on, referred to, ib.; loves not in order to be loved in turn but forGod, ib.; wears itself out for Jews, heathen, heretics, ib.; pitying those who have done not wellbut wrong, 417.Chastisement is exercise, bearing sweet fruit, 503.Children, in a passion, if they strike us, we do but laugh, 468; if ourselves in a passion we become,ib.; intelligent, will sometimes decline playthings, longing for what is higher, 471; playthingskept back if too eagerly longed for, given freely if not so, 479.787