Models of Virtue: Patriarchs and Proph­ets in the Sermons of John Chrysostom
Models of Virtue: Patriarchs and Proph­ets in the Sermons of John Chrysostom

Summary/Abstract: John Chrysostom utilized the major figures of the Jewish Bible in his homilies and discourses as part of an effort to articulate his particular vision of Christian virtue and form his congregation in accordance with the defined categories of that virtue. The Antiochene preacher based his carefully crafted image of Israelite saints who excelled as proto-Christians on his classical foundation of rhetorical style. The paper will present a brief overview of aspects of that virtue which Chrysostom associated with a myriad of exemplars from the Old Testament.

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