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

NPNF (V1-14)St. ChrysostomChrist, His sufferings, 389; from the Jews, 493; from disciples, 494; in babyhood, ib.; from scorning,493, 494; an aid to patience, 365, 494; an honor, 384; a glory, 499; far, far greater than creation,384; we are to have fellowship with, 515, 517; calls His Cross glory, 383; cf. 384; His Deathcalled a taste because it held Him not long, 383; smote the devil, 385; and death, ib.; HisResurrection, 365, 373, 384, 411, 520; to prove, one aim of St. Paul in Epistle, 365, 520;known to those of old, 481; His appointment as Priest, 403; His weeping at prayer not told inGospels, 404; sometimes spoken of from the Divine, sometimes from the Human, 368; inSpirit, and flesh, 368 init.; not or alien from God (according to some), 370; acts of Hisown authority, 490; calls His own coming in the flesh Exodus, St. Paul Eisodos (coming in),375; Apostle as sent, 391; became Priest when He took flesh, 428, 433; One Priest becauseundying, 429; one act of, 430, 447, 448; Godhead and Manhood in, 430, 433; our One Sacrifice,430, 434, 439 (see Sacrifice); all heavenly, 434; died once, 447; died for all even though allaccepted not, ib.; suffered because He willed, 493, 517; and gladly, 493; His enemies are Jews,unbelievers, carnal, 452; Jews' contumelies to, 493; many of His words already come to pass,463; gives His Gifts in ways contrary to natural course 479; because nature's Maker, ib.; HisDeath our safeguard, 487; why He chose death of the Cross, 493; prayed, not needing prayer,but to teach us, 490; if we suffer we must look to, 493, 494; has implanted in us of His Beautyand Comeliness, 368; we one with, 394; we read not that He laughed, 442; to be looked to asa Master, that we may learn how to do, 493; gave us the Faith, ib.; gave the beginning, willput on the end, ib.Christ's Blood, 499; mixed up with the very substance of people's souls, rendering them vigorousand pure, 444; sprinkled in our souls, 487; we have, ib.; partake of, 517; has cleansed all, 510;purifies us, 440, 444; flowed from the Body which had been framed by the Spirit, 444; carriedinto Heaven, 517.Christ's Body, framed by the Holy Spirit 440, 444.Christ God, 372, 389, 430, 433; though Priest sits, stands not, 373, 430, 433, 452, 454.Christian, shines out most brightly in poverty, 374; the crucified, has Charity, 381; the crucified,the mourner, 442; how to fight, bravely, not inviting war, not interfering, 392; to be ready topour out his blood as though it were water, ib.; his constant daily warfare, 392, 393; differentparts of his armor explained, 393; mercifulness his special characteristic, 513; his superhumanmight, 522; should arm himself with desire of Heaven, a fire which none may withstand, ib.Christianity, danger of fulfilling as a custom, 414.Chrysostom, St., rejoices that things will not always abide as they are, 376; thought that miraculousgifts were less at the date of the Epistle to the Hebrews, 379; refers to an already publishedwriting of his on charity, 381; speaks from necessity, would from pleasure too if he knew hishearers were earnest, 382; would fain have been silent lest he increase their peril, but fears tobe silent, 476; will examine the careless ones, will not tell them when, 382, 383; prays andexhorts others to pray that no untimely deaths may befall, 387; threatens to punish hiredmourners brought into Christian funerals and to suspend those who bring them, ib.; cannotpreach the Resurrection while Christians thus contradict, 385, 387; calls himself agood-for-nothing, yet must use his authority, 387; begs them to bear with him if severe, ib.;would fain only loose, yea, not need power of loosing, ib.; longs to praise, 388, 472; speaksof the want of Bible knowledge among his people, 407 sqq.; the discouragement in his teachingfrom their inattention, 382, 408; and risk through repetition of making the account of some788