Church Father
"Chrysostomos — the Golden-Mouthed — the greatest preacher of the early Church and the source of the Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy that bears his name"
John was born c. AD 347 in Antioch. He studied rhetoric under the great pagan orator Libanius and spent six years as a hermit before returning to Antioch ill. He was ordained presbyter in AD 386 and preached in Antioch for twelve years. In AD 398 the Emperor Arcadius appointed him Bishop of Constantinople. He alienated the court clergy, the empress, and the congregation by reforming the clergy and preaching with uncompromising directness. He was twice exiled — the second time on the orders of the Empress Eudoxia, whom he had compared to Herodias. He died on the forced march to his place of exile in AD 407.
"We do not offer a different sacrifice like the high priest of old, but the same always; or rather we make a memorial of the sacrifice. For there is one sacrifice... He who offered is the same who now offers by the ministry of the priests."
"Do you wish to honour the body of Christ? Do not ignore him when he is naked. Do not pay him homage in the temple clad in silk, only then to neglect him outside where he is cold and ill-clad."
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