Zitate von Johannes Chrysostomos
Johannes Chrysostomos
Geburtstag: 349
Todesdatum: 15. September 407
Andere Namen:Ióannés Chrýsostomos, Johannes Chrysostomus
Johannes von Antiochia war Erzbischof von Konstantinopel und gilt als einer der größten christlichen Prediger. Im 6. Jahrhundert wurde ihm der Beiname Chrysostomos gegeben, unter dem er heute bekannt ist. In den östlich-orthodoxen Kirchen wird er seit dem 10. Jahrhundert als einer der drei heiligen Hierarchen verehrt, zusammen mit Basilius dem Großen und Gregor von Nazianz. Für das westliche Christentum ist er einer der vier Kirchenlehrer des Ostens .
Er wurde als Asket verehrt und war für seine Begabung in der öffentlichen Rede wie auch wegen seines Auftretens gegen den Missbrauch der kirchlichen und staatlichen Autorität bekannt. Umstritten sind seine massiv negativen Äußerungen über Juden in seinen frühesten erhaltenen Predigten.
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„Wer Almosen gibt, gewöhnt sich daran, Geld und Gut nicht mehr zu bewundern.“
— Johannes Chrysostomos
Homilie über den Brief an die Philipper
„Die Geduld ist imstande, auch den verwildersten und frechsten Menschen so umzustimmen, dass er lenksam und für edlere Regungen wieder empfänglich wird.“
— Johannes Chrysostomos
Homilie über den 1. Brief an die Tessalonicher
„I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish“
— John Chrysostom
Context: I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish: and the reason is, that it is an affair that requires a great mind.
St. John Chrysostom, Homily III on Acts 1:12
„Christ is risen, and you are overthrown! Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen! Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice! Christ is risen, and life reigns! Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb! For Christ, being raised from the dead, has become the first-fruits of them that have slept.“
— John Chrysostom
Paschal Homily
„For the Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first. He has mercy upon the last and cares for the first; to the one He gives, and to the other He is gracious. He both honors the work and praises the intention.“
— John Chrysostom
Paschal Homily
Both English Wikipedia and English Wikisource contain the whole text of this homily. In Byzantine Rite churches, the whole homily is read out annually as part of Paschal Matins service.
„O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us.“
— John Chrysostom
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 98
„Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?“
— John Chrysostom
Homilies on the Gospel of Saint John http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/240103.htm, Homily III
„As it is not to be imagined that the fornicator and the blasphemer can partake of the sacred Table, so it is impossible that he who has an enemy, and bears malice, can enjoy the holy Communion.… I forewarn, and testify, and proclaim this with a voice that all may hear! ‘Let no one who hath an enemy draw near the sacred Table, or receive the Lord’s Body! Let no one who draws near have an enemy! Do you have an enemy? Draw not near! Do you wish to draw near? Be reconciled, and then draw near, and touch the Holy Thing!“
— John Chrysostom
Homilies on the Statues http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf109/Page_472.html, Homily XX
„You received your fortune by inheritance; so be it! Therefore, you have not sinned personally, but how know you that you may not be enjoying the fruits of theft and crime committed before you?“
— John Chrysostom
Epist. i. ad Tim., 12, as cited in Francesco Saverio Nitti, Catholic Socialism (1895), p. 67
„For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force... it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.“
— John Chrysostom
On the Priesthood http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf109/Page_41.html, Book II
„We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.“
— John Chrysostom
Homilies on the Statues http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf109/Page_476.html, Homily XX
„Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles.“
— John Chrysostom
Homilies on the Gospel of Saint John http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114.iv.xxiii.html, Homily XXI
„A servant, indeed, one will be able perhaps to bind down by fear; nay, not even for him, for he will soon leave you. But the partner of one's life, the mother of one's children, the foundation of one's every joy, one ought never to chain down by fear and threats, but with love and good temper. For what sort of union is that, where the wife trembles at her husband? And what sort of pleasure will the husband have if he dwells with his wife as with a slave? Yea, even though you suffer everything on her account, do not scold her; for neither did Christ do this to the Church.“
— John Chrysostom
Homilies on Ephesians http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf113/Page_144.html, Homily XX
