NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans i Author(s): Schaff, Philip (1819-1893) (Editor) Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: With over twenty volumes, the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a momentous achievement. Originally gathered by Philip Schaff, the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is a collection of writings by classical and medieval Christian theologians.The purpose of such a collection is to make their writings readily available.The entire work is divided into two series.The first series focuses on two classical Christian theologians--St. Augustine and St. John Chrysostom. St. Augustine is one of the most influential and important Chris- tian thinkers of all time. In addition to reprinting his most popular two works--the Confessions and the City of God--these volumes also contain other noteworthy and im- portant works of St. Augustine, such as On the Holy Trinity, Christian Doctrine, and others. St. John Chrysostom was an eloquent speaker and well-loved Christian clergyman. St. John took a more literal interpretation of Scripture, and much of his work focused on practical aspects of Christianity, par- ticularly what is now called social justice. He advocated for the poor, and challenged abuses of authority.This volume contains St. John Chrysostom's homilies on the Gospel of Acts and Romans.The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers is comprehensive in scope, and provide keen translations of instructive and illuminating texts from some of the greatest theologians of the Christian church.These spiritually enlight- ening texts have aided Christians for over a thousand years, and remain instructive and fruitful even today! 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Fathers of the Church, etc. Contents ii Series Title Page 1 Preface to the American Edition 2 Title Page 4 Preface to Part I. of the Oxford Edition 5 Preface to Part II. of the Oxford Edition 6 A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles 12 Homily I on Acts i. 1, 2. 13 Homily II on Acts i. 6. 29 Homily III on Acts i. 12. 40 Homily IV on Acts ii. 1, 2. 54 Homily V on Acts ii. 14. 66 Homily VI on Acts ii. 22. 77 Homily VII on Acts ii. 37. 89 Homily VIII on Acts iii. 1. 99 Homily IX on Acts iii. 12. 107 Homily X on Acts iv. 1. 123 Homily XI on Acts iv. 23. 136 Homily XII on Acts iv. 36, 37. 146 Homily XIII on Acts v. 17, 18. 154 Homily XIV on Acts v. 34. 166 Homily XV on Acts vi. 8. 179 Homily XVI on Acts vii. 6, 7. 190 Homily XVII on Acts vii. 35. 201 Homily XVIII on Acts vii. 54. 211 Homily XIX on Acts viii. 26, 27. 227 Homily XX on Acts ix. 10, 12. 243 Homily XXI on Acts ix. 26, 27. 253 Homily XXII on Acts x. 1-4. 267 Homily XXIII on Acts x. 23, 24. 281 Homily XXIV on Acts x. 44, 46. 295 Homily XXV on Acts xi. 19. 307 Homily XXVI on Acts xii. 1, 2. 317 iii Homily XXVII on Acts xii. 18, 19. 327 Homily XXVIII on Acts xiii. 4, 5. 335 Homily XXIX on Acts xiii. 16, 17. 342 Homily XXX on Acts xiii. 42. 353 Homily XXXI on Acts xiv. 14, 15. 365 Homily XXXII on Acts xv. 1. 376 Homily XXXIII on Acts xv. 13, 15. 384 Homily XXXIV on Acts xv. 35. 397 Homily XXXV on Acts xvi. 13, 14. 409 Homily XXXVI on Acts xvi. 25, 26. 417 Homily XXXVII on Acts xvii. 1, 2, 3. 425 Homily XXXVIII on Acts xvii. 16, 17. 433 Homily XXXIX on Acts xvii. 32-34. xviii. 1. 446 Homily XL on Acts xviii. 18. 455 Homily XLI on Acts xix. 8, 9. 465 Homily XLII on Acts xix. 21, 23. 478 Homily XLIII on Acts xx. 1. 488 Homily XLIV on Acts xx. 17-21. 496 Homily XLV on Acts xx. 32. 505 Homily XLVI on Acts xxi. 18, 19. 514 Homily XLVII on Acts xxi. 39, 40. 522 Homily XLVIII on Acts xxii. 17-20. 530 Homily XLIX on Acts xxiii. 6-8. 540 Homily L on Acts xxiii. 31-33. 548 Homily LI on Acts xxiv. 22, 23. 559 Homily LII on Acts xxv. 23. 568 Homily LIII on Acts xxvi. 30-32. 579 Homily LIV on Acts xxviii. 1. 588 Homily LV on Acts xxviii. 17-20. 596 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans 604 Preface to Homilies on Romans. 605 The Argument 608 iv Homily I on Rom. i. 1, 2. 614 Homily II on Rom. i. 8. 622 Homily III on Rom. i. 18. 635 Homily IV on Rom. i. 26, 27. 644 Homily V on Rom. i. 28. 651 Homily VI on Rom. ii. 17, 18. 666 Homily VII on Rom. iii. 9-18. 678 Homily VIII on Rom. iv. 1, 2. 695 Homily IX on Rom. iv. 23. 712 Homily X on Rom. v. 12. 722 Homily XI on Rom. vi. 5. 734 Homily XII on Rom. vi. 19. 748 Homily XIII on Rom. vii. 14. 766 Homily XIV on Rom. viii. 12, 13. 787 Homily XV on Rom. viii. 28. 808 Homily XVI on Rom. ix. 1. 819 Homily XVII on Rom. x. 1. 840 Homily XVIII on Rom. x. 14, 15. 851 Homily XIX on Rom. xi. 7. 865 Homily XX on Rom. xii. 1. 882 Homily XXI on Rom. xii. 4, 5. 890 Homily XXII on Rom. xii. 14. 899 Homily XXIII on Rom. xiii. 1. 907 Homily XXIV on Rom. xiii. 11. 917 Homily XXV on Rom. xiv. 1, 2. 925 Homily XXVI on Rom. xiv. 14. 938 Homily XXVII on Rom. xiv. 25-27. 946 Homily XXVIII on Rom. xv. 8. 954 Homily XXIX on Rom. xv. 14. 960 Homily XXX on Rom. xv. 25-27. 969 Homily XXXI on Rom. xvi. 5. 978 Homily XXXII on Rom. xvi. 17, 18. 989 v Index of Subjects 998 Indexes 1012 Index of Scripture References 1013 Index of Scripture Commentary 1024 Greek Words and Phrases 1025 Hebrew Words and Phrases 1138 Index of Pages of the Print Edition 1139 vi This PDF file is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, www.ccel.org. 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Written permission is required for commercial use. vii Series Title Page Series Title Page A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND i POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. EDITED BY PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK. IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. VOLUME XI SAINT CHRYSOSTOM: HOMILIES ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS T&T CLARK EDINBURGH __________________________________________________ WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ii 1 Preface to the American Edition Preface to the American Edition Preface to the American Edition. ———————————— iii Inthe preparation of this volume of Chrysostom’s Homilies on Acts and Romans, the effort has been to improve the Oxford edition by some changes and corrections, and by the addition of critical and explanatory notes. The translation remains substantially unchanged. Frequent minor changes have, however, been made in phraseology, where it has seemed to me that the sense could thereby be made plainer. Archaic and obsolescent words or expres- sions have often been replaced by more idiomatic modern language. In Biblical quotations where the translation was an inaccurate rendering of the original, I have substituted either the Revised Version or a translation conformed to the recent critical texts. A considerable number of errors in the English edition have been corrected. The imperfect state of the original text of the Homilies on Acts is a serious embarrassment, alike to translator and editor, in this part of the work. Often the reports of the discourses are in hopeless confusion, and it is impossible to determine confidently the meaning of what has been reported, much less of what the preacher originally said. Happily this remark applies to only a part of the exposition. The notes which I have added are intended to bring modern criticism into relation with the statements of Chrysostom upon points of special difficulty or importance. Sometimes they are added by way of correction to what is stated in the text. More frequently however, they are intended to present briefly the opinions of critical interpreters upon disputed or doubtful points, and thus to supplement for the modern reader the practical expositions of these books of the New Testament. At other times it has seemed desirable to explain matters which are but lightly touched upon in the text or passed over without explanation or notice. There is frequent occasion to observe how the spiritual insight of the great preacher has led him, in the case of difficult passages, to a right discernment of the same sense which critical exegesis discovers. I trust that these brief annotations, touching upon a great variety of points, may contribute somewhat to the usefulness of the edition. These notes are distinguished from those of the English editors by having appended to them the initials, G. B. S. The annotations of the English editors which are so copious upon the Homilies on Acts have been, with trifling exceptions, retained and the references have been, so far as possible, adapted to the American edition. It is obvious, however, that this adaptation could not be perfectly made because but few of the volumes of the American edition of the Homilies had appeared when this volume was prepared for the press. References to English editions of works not yet accessible in an American edition were, of necessity, left unchanged. Some 2