Commentary on Saint John and the Apostle and Evalngelist Homilies 48-88

by John Chrysostom

The Homilies on St. John's Gospel come from the period in which Chrysostom attained his greatest fame as pulpit orator, the years of his simple priesthood at Antioch (386-397). This was the peaceful period in Chrysostom's life that preceded his elevation to the episcopacy as patriarch of Constantinople (398), wherein adverse imperial and ecclesiastical reaction to his program of moral reform led to his deposition, banishment, and all but martyr's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813210259
• ISBN13: 9780813210254
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"