Constantine the Sinner
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He says the same things about "Greeks", though.We have copies of St. Chrysostom's series of sermons "Against the Jews" where he singles out Jews for his scorn. He preaches against the practices of Hebrew Catholics for keeping their Jewish identity, which we know to be tremendously wrong. He described the synagogues in his city in the worst possible language, to the point where it was dishonest. And he was a strong proponent of the notion of communal responsibility for deicide -- something the Church has formally repudiated along with the rest of antisemitism in the doctrine of Nostra Aetate 4.
I'm not saying he didn't get anything right. He got many things right. After all, the man was a saint. I'm simply pointing out, as Nostra Aetate says to do, that he was an anti-Semite and that we don't tolerate this.
Nostra Aetate is doctrine, promulgated by an Ecumenical Council. I don't see how anyone can get around it. It is a sin to state that Jews are communally responsible for deicide.
You might try listening to this podcast: Was St. John Chrysostom Anti-Semite? - Search the Scriptures | Ancient Faith Ministries
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