John Chrysostom
Church father · died 407
The greatest preacher of the Greek church, named Chrysostom, golden-mouthed. He preached at Antioch, became Archbishop of Constantinople in 398, and died in exile in 407. Hundreds of his sermons survive, preaching through Matthew, John, Acts, and all Paul’s epistles verse by verse.
Quoted For
- Matthew 6:13 “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen”
- Matthew 23:14 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation”
- John 5:3–4 “waiting for the moving of the water …”
- Acts 17:26 “blood”
- Romans 8:1 “who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”
- 1 Timothy 3:16 “God”
The church fathers are the early Christian writers. Their quotations show which reading was known, where, and when, often earlier than any manuscript of the passage that survives.
