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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I

Fathers

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I

NPNF1 Volume 9: St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes

Schaff, Series I

Edited by Philip Schaff

Augustine and Chrysostom in nineteenth-century English.

Public domain. Not a modern critical translation.

Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Prolegomena
    1. Literature
    2. Chrysostom’s Youth and Training, A.D. 347–370
    3. His Conversion and Ascetic Life
    4. Chrysostom Evades Election to a Bishopric, and Writes His Work on the Priesthood
    5. Chrysostom as a Monk. A.D. 374–381
    6. Chrysostom as Deacon, Priest and Preacher at Antioch. A.D. 381–398
    7. Chrysostom as Patriarch of Constantinople. A.D. 398–404
    8. Chrysostom and Theophilus. His First Deposition and Banishment
    9. Chrysostom and Eudoxia. His Second Banishment, A.D. 403
    10. Chrysostom in Exile. His Death. A.D. 404–407
    11. His Character
    12. The Writings of Chrysostom
    13. His Theology and Exegesis
    14. Chrysostom as a Preacher
  4. Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood
    1. Introduction
    2. Book I
    3. Book II
    4. Book III
    5. Book IV
    6. Book V
    7. Book VI
  5. An Exhortation to Theodore After His Fall
    1. Introduction
    2. Letter I
    3. Letter II
  6. Letter to a Young Widow
    1. Introduction
    2. Letter to a Young Widow
  7. Homilies on S. Ignatius and S. Babylas
    1. Title Page
    2. Introduction
    3. Eulogy
    4. On the Holy Martyr, S. Babylas
  8. Homily Concerning Lowliness of Mind
    1. Introduction
    2. Concerning Lowliness of Mind
  9. Instructions to Catechumens
    1. First Instruction
    2. Second Instruction
  10. Three Homilies Concerning the Power of Demons
    1. Introduction
    2. Homily I. Against Those Who Say that Demons Govern Human Affairs
    3. Homily II. On the Power of Man to Resist the Devil
    4. Homily III. On the Power of Man to Resist the Devil
  11. Homily on the Passage (Matt. xxvi. 19), 'Father If It Be Possible Let This Cup Pass from Me,' Etc., and Against Marcionists and Manichæans
    1. Title Page
    2. Against Marcionists and Manichæans
  12. Homily on the Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof: and Concerning the Equality of the Divine Father and the Son
    1. Title Page
    2. Homily on the Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof
  13. Homily to Those Who Had Not Attended the Assembly: and on the Apostolic Saying, 'If Thine Enemy Hunger, Feed Him, Etc. (Rom. xii. 20), and Concerning Resentment of Injuries.'
    1. Title Page
    2. To Those Who Had Not Attended the Assembly
  14. Homily Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren, and Uttering Imprecations upon Enemies
    1. Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren
  15. Two Homilies on Eutropius
    1. Title Page
    2. Introduction
    3. Homily I. When He Had Taken Refuge in the Church
    4. Homily II. After Eutropius having been found outside the Church had been taken captive
  16. A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
    1. Introduction
    2. A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself
  17. Letters of St. Chrysostom to Olympias
    1. Introduction
    2. To My Lady
    3. To Olympias
    4. To Olympias
    5. To Olympias
    6. To Olympias
    7. To Castus, Valerius, Diophantus, Cyriacus, Presbyters of Antioch
  18. Correspondence of St. Chrysostom with the Bishop of Rome
    1. Introduction
    2. Letter from St. John Chrysostom to Innocent, Bishop of Rome
    3. To Innocent, Bishop of Rome, Greeting in the Lord
    4. To the Beloved Brother John, Innocent
    5. Innocent, Bishop, to Presbyters and Deacons, and to All the Clergy and People of the Church of Constantinople, the Brethren Beloved Who Are Subject to the Bishop John, Greeting
  19. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    1. Preface to the Benedictine Edition
    2. Homily I
    3. Homily II
    4. Homily III
    5. Homily IV
    6. Homily V
    7. Homily VI
    8. Homily VII
    9. Homily VIII
    10. Homily IX
    11. Homily X
    12. Homily XI
    13. Homily XII
    14. Homily XIII
    15. Homily XIV
    16. Homily XV
    17. Homily XVI
    18. Homily XVII
    19. Homily XVIII
    20. Homily XIX
    21. Homily XX
    22. Homily XXI
  20. Indexes of Subjects
    1. For Pages 1 to 317 (Exclusive of Homilies on the Statues)
    2. Homilies on the Statues
  21. Indexes
    1. Index of Scripture References
    2. Greek Words and Phrases
    3. German Words and Phrases
    4. French Words and Phrases
    5. Index of Pages of the Print Edition