St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople; His Life, Eloquence, and Piety

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... him. He was hastily recalled, and carried to Chalcedon, where, after a hurried trial, he was condemned to lose his head. In another Homily, (B. iii. 668, ) St. Chrysostom describes the scene which took place in the cathedral. He says that the destruction of Eutropius was to be ascribed to his own inconsiderateness in quitting the sanctuary. The Church would never have forsaken him; and yet, continues the Saint, it was no wonder that he derived no benefit from that sanctuary, since he had not entered it with a Christian spirit, and a heart disposed to profit by such a privilege. "When," he adds, " the distressed seek the sanctuary of the Church, they should be there as well in mind as in body; for what constitutes a Church? not the material walls, but the unity of its members in Jesus Christ." THE HOMILIES ON THE STATUES, Preached in the Cathedral Church of Antioch, in the'year 387. Theodosius, the Great, in order to meet the exigencies of the empire, and to give the troops a liberal donative on the celebration of the tenth year of his reign, found himself obliged to increase the weight of the imposts. The inhabitants of Antioch thought themselves aggrieved, and were exasperated at the inhumanity of the officers who collected the taxes. They repaid severity with insult and outrage, and in the ungovernable excesses of their rage, spared not even the majesty of the Emperor. The statues of Theodosius, of his father, of Flacilla his deceased consort, and those of his two sons, were' thrown from their pedestals, and dragged through the streets, with every mark of contempt and indignation. The magistrates were unable to repress the fury of the populace; and the sedition was only appeased by the arrival of a body of Archers. The prisons were...