I have been sharing some of St. John’s thoughts about the event on Mt. Tabor during which Jesus transfigured Himself before Peter, James and John. St. John then even reflects on the meaning of the “Bright Cloud” that is said … Continue reading
Category Archives: Learning Our Faith from the Church Fathers
I have been presenting in this article some of St. John Chrysostom’s thoughts on the “Light of Tabor”. We know that some scholars speculate that this event might have taken place after the Resurrection. If, however, it happened prior to … Continue reading
Prior to the Easter break, I was sharing some thoughts about how the Fathers of the Church, especially John Chrysostom, thought about the Transfiguration of Christ. This event in the life of Christ is important since it serves as a … Continue reading
In this article I have been considering St. John Chrysostom’s ideas about the Transfiguration of Jesus. I would like to now share some further thoughts just about the Transfiguration which may, or may not, be connected to St. John since … Continue reading
I have been attempting to share St. John Chrysostom’s thoughts about the Transfiguration. I would hasten to also point out that there are some scholars who believe that this event actually is actually a post-Resurrection event. It is an event … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, I began sharing St. John Chrysostom’s thoughts about the supernatural Light of Tabor. His thoughts seem, however, to have an apparent inconsistency. In another passage, he states with equal clarity that the righteous … Continue reading
Churchman par excellence, St. John, Patriarch of Constantinople, is often regarded more as a moralist than a theologian. Such a view, however, which surely stems from the fact that Chrysostom’s greatest literary legacy is his homilies, apart from betraying a … Continue reading
As St. John, the most theological of the evangelists, instructs us, “God is love”. And so the criterion of whether we are truly following the Way of Christ is love; but not just any love – divine Love which is … Continue reading
St. Gregory also teaches, along with all the great Fathers of the Church, that the vision of Christ in glory – our salvation – is synonymous with the mystery of the precious and life-giving Cross. And this is true precisely … Continue reading
St. Gregory tells us that Christ is unique in that the union of human nature with His divine Person is hypostatic or in more modern terms, personal. But the consequence of this hypostatic union, namely, the exchange of the natural … Continue reading