Tag: john chrysostom
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Why is God Jealous?
How come, in the Bible, the Lord not only calls himself jealous, but acts like it’s a good thing? For just one of many examples: “Thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” Exodus 34.14 KJV. This may be strange to read. Isn’t jealousy a manifestation…
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St. John Chrysostom on the Wise Men and Star of Bethlehem
Here is an interesting passage from St. John Chrysostom’s homiles on Matthew – where he talks about the Star of Bethlehem and the Magi, along with the nature of the Old Covenant – that I stumbled across: Seest thou, by what store of proofs this star is shown not to be one of the many,…
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Dogs, Women, and Exact Words: On Jesus and the Syrophoenician (Matthew 15.21-28)
One particular passage from the Bible that garners heat from skeptics is the story of Jesus and the Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman, recorded in the Gospels. Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy…
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Is Jesus Subordinate Or Equal? (John 10 & 14 and Church Fathers)
When you read the Gospel of John you will come across two sayings of Jesus that may seem to contradict each other to some readers.“I and my Father are one” (John 10:30 KJV)“My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28 KJV) These passages are fairly representative of two ideas in scripture that co-exist – Jesus…
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