Can I read On the Incomprehensible Nature of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) on EtoBox?

On the Incomprehensible Nature of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) by Saint John Chrysostom is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is On the Incomprehensible Nature of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) about?

Ten of the twelve homilies of St. John Chrysostom presented here were delivered at Antioch over a period of several years beginning in A.D. 386. The final two homilies were delivered in 398 after Chrysostom became patriarch of Constantinople. All but one of the homilies aim at refuting the Anomoeans, heretics who revived the most radical tenets of Arius and blatantly claimed that man knows God in the very same way that God knows himself. Chrysostom's refutations and instructions to the faithful are based on the Scriptures rather than on human reasoning. He departed from this series of refutations only in the sixth homily, which he delivered on December 20, 386, again at Antioch. It consists of a panegyric of St. Philogonius, bishop of Antioch ca. A.D. 319-23, who before his episcopal ordination had led a very exemplary life, practiced law and contracted a marriage that was blessed with a daughter. In addition to their theological content, these homilies contain many other points of interest. On one occasion, people applauded the speaker and were very attentive to the homily but then left the church so that when Christ is about to appear in the holy mysteries the church becomes empt

Who reads On the Incomprehensible Nature of God (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series)?

Author

Saint John Chrysostom

Publisher

The Catholic University of America Press

Published

1984

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813210278

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Religion