This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE CULTIVATION OF PERSONAL CHARACTER. fTlHE fame of no one of the preachers of the gospel in the--early centuries of Christianity stands so high for eloquence as that of John Chrysostorn. Such was its power that on many occasions the excited audiences at Antioch and Constantinople burst forth in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. THE CULTIVATION OF PERSONAL CHARACTER. fTlHE fame of no one of the preachers of the gospel in the--early centuries of Christianity stands so high for eloquence as that of John Chrysostorn. Such was its power that on many occasions the excited audiences at Antioch and Constantinople burst forth in acts of loud applause. Notwithstanding the seventy with which he rebuked their sins, they emptied the places of public resort and excitement to crowd, in the latter city, the great church of St. Sophia. He roused them to a surprising degree of liberality, for the building of institutions of charity and for sending forth evangelists to Asia Minor, Persia, Scythia and other regions which had not yet received the gospel. And yet the example of the freedom with which he poured out in acts of liberality his own fortune, which he had inherited from his parents, incited them still more than his burning words. John, who was afterward surnamed Chrysostorn, or, for his eloquence, the "golden-mouthed," was born at Antioch, about the year 347. His father, Secundus, was a Roman military officer, who died while this child was a young infant. His education, training and character he owed to his mother Anthusa, who remained a widow that she might satisfactorily perform her duties to her son. It was in regard to her that the celebrated teacher Libanius made the exclamation, ""What wives these Christians have!" The Church historian Theodoret; Ec. Hist., V. xxvii., styles Chrysostom "the great luminary of the world." He was, there is no doubt, misled by his devout aspirations, in an age when he had not the guidance of the Church's subsequent experience, into asceticism; he was severe and sometimes imperious. Yet he deserves the admiring testimony of Neander...
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