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What is the Orthodox position on St John Chrysostom's homilies against the Jews? A lot of Christians disavow them as anti-semetic.
What is the Orthodox position on St John Chrysostom's homilies against the Jews? A lot of Christians disavow them as anti-semetic.
I think an attitude that dismisses the fathers as "products of their time" to be what CS Lewis called "chronological snobbery".He was a product of his time...
I think an attitude that dismisses the fathers as "products of their time" to be what CS Lewis called "chronological snobbery".
It is the religion that killed Christ, Chrystostom says. He's not wrong. .
Agreed. It paints the Fathers as poor saps who just didn't "get it" like we do with all our "enlightenment" thanks to the media and our vast technological achievements. We've 'evolved' beyond these poor dudes....
Maybe that's not what he meant, but I kind of felt the same thing. Judaism is Judaism....1500 years ago or next week. It's an unfullfilled religion.
I think an attitude that dismisses the fathers as "products of their time" to be what CS Lewis called "chronological snobbery".
Yes he was wrong. Many Jews believed in Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah. You cant blame all Jews or Judaism for killing Yeshua. He said Himself that no one takes His life, He lays it down. The Jewish establishment was corrupt at the time.
In Chrysostom's time, there were many Jewish as well a Gentile Christians. There was less separation between the 2 like now. The Jewish Christians still held to their own customs. Christianity was the offspring of 2nd Temple Judaism. To understand Chrysostom's writings, you need to understand his times.
Thanks! Are you Russian?@Yeshua HaDerekh
...product of his time...- He is unique, unique, unique diamond of our Faith. Check your words before posting,
product; think about whom u type.
btw, about another "products of time":
N1. First martyr killed by?
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N? 1096(7) http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life724.htm killed by?
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N? 1690 http://rusidea.org/?a=25050301 tortured, killed by?
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N? 1979 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Филумен_(Хасапис) killed by?
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There are materials about Judish fanatics/sects in Russian language. But this theme is officially closed since 1917. Dont think that somebody translated it in engl. IMHO St John Chrysostom said (who could say better? ), you read and know. Go deeper isnt good way for conversation with Orthodoxy (esp on open forum). And these St John Chrysostom's homilies are not most important part of Fathers Orthodox Legacy.
Official position in current Russia: We are friends
Can we please stop the bizarre use of Yeshua in place of Christ or Jesus or Our Lord? We're not Aramaic in here.