John Chrysostom - John Chrysostom John of Antioch (347 - 407) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th century in Europe. He is famous for eloquence in public speaking and his denunication of abuse of authority in the church of the time. He had notable ascetic sensibilities. After his death he was named John Chrysostom, which comes from the Greek chrysostomos, "golden mouthed". The Eastern Orthodox churches honors him as a saint and counts him among the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Saints Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Biography 2 His Importance 3 The Homilies against the Judaizers 4 Work on liturgy 5 External Link Biography He was born in Antioch of high-bred parents: his father was a high.
John Tillotson - John Tillotson John Tillotson (1630-1694), English archbishop, was the son of a Puritan clothier in Sowerby, Yorkshire, where he was born in October 1630. He entered as a pensioner of Clare Hall, Cambridge, in 1647, graduated in 1650 and was made fellow of his college in 1651. In 1656 he became tutor to the son of Edmond Prideaux, attorney-general to Cromwell. About 1661 he was ordained without subscription by T Sydserf, a Scottish bishop. Tillotson was present at the Savoy Conference in 1661, and remained identified with the Presbyterians till, the passing of the Act of Uniformity in 1662. Shortly afterwards he became curate of Cheshunt, Herts, and in June 1663, rector of Kedington, Suffolk. He now devoted himself to an exact study of biblical and.
John 3 16 - John 3 16 John 3:16 is one of the most widely quoted verses from the Christian Bible. It has been called the "Bible in a nutshell", because it briefly summarizes the Christian faith. The verse is as follows: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (KJV) For a comparison of different translations of this verse, see Bible translations. The phrase "John 3:16" is very short and can be written in large letters on small signs. As a result, some Christians have intentionally displayed the phrase at sporting events (such as football games) so it might be televised. The text of the verse is also incorporated into the Divine.
John (name) - John (name) John is a common English male's name and was for a long time the most popular name in the United States. It is sometimes spelled without the h as in Jon and sometimes lengthened in the forms of Jonathon and Johnny. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Nicknames and Alternate Names 2 Famous Johns and Alternate Names 2.1 Rulers 2.2 Religious Figures 2.3 Other Nicknames and Alternate Names Jack Jonnie Famous Johns and Alternate Names Rulers Emperor John I John of England John I of Castille John I of Portugal John I of Scotland John Adams John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Jr Religious Figures Antipope John XXIII John the Apostle John Chrysostom John the Evangelist Pope John I Pope John II Pope John III.
Dio Chrysostom - Dio Chrysostom Dio or Dio Chrysostom (c 40 AD - c 120 AD) was a Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian of the Romans in the first century. Eighty (80) of his Discourses remain in existence. His surname Chrysostom comes from the Greek chrysostomos which literally means golden mouthed. He was born at Prusa (now Bursa) in the roman province of Bithynia (now part of northwestern Turkey). His date of birth is considered to be some time about 40 to 45 AD. He became a Cynic and a Stoic and is considered part of the second Sophist school of Greek philosophers. He apparently lived in Rome during the reign of Titus Flavius as he wrote of a scandalous association that emperor had with the boxer Melankomas. He.
Harrowing of Hell - the early church. The Old Testament affirms that Job and other righteous men went to Sheol when they died, as did David and the other psalmists. The doctrine of the Harrowing of Hell explained how these righteous people who lived before the Crucifixion were redeemed. St Melito of Sardis and St Ambrose both wrote of the Harrowing of Hell. Ambrose explains that the argument that holds that Christ could not have suffered in Hell also implies that Christ could not have suffered on the Cross. For St John Chrysostom, the harrowing of Hell was a paradox that was an essential part of the Christian mystery of faith: "Hell took a body, and discovered God; it took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it.
Hermit - Religion From a religious point of view, a hermit chooses that form of life to be closer to his god, spending most of his time in meditation, contemplation and prayer (sometimes also preaching, like John the Baptist). Hermits renounce to all pleasures of life, beginning with sex, following with luxury and cleanness, a good diet, etc., and ending in most cases with the contact between them and other people. They try to reach sanctity by means of this way of life, and Catholicism has canonised many of them. The term saint is also used in Hinduism and Buddhism. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, a 19th century psychiatrist, had already referred to the desire of reaching sanctity as a hysteric manifestation. John Chrysostom is an example of misogynous hermit; he said that it.
History of Christianity - time, such as: adapting the form of synagogue worship to church parishes; use of incense in prayer; use of Psalms and other scriptures; a priesthood; a religious calendar in which certain events and/or beliefs are specifically commemorated on certain days each year; use of chant in hymns and prayer; ascetic disciplines such as fasting and almsgiving. Christians initially adopted the Jewish Septuagint as their scripture or Bible, and later also canonized the books of the New Testament. Judaism The Messiah prophesies Essenes The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Jesus Christ The Twelve Apostles Pharisee The earliest emergence of Christianity Starting with the events recorded in the Gospels and Acts, Christianity grew from the personal practice of a minority of Jews, to the dominant religious group of the Mediterranean world in little.
History of Bulgaria - Bulgarians and Byzantines'. The Bulgarian royal title 'Tsar' derived from the Gothic 'kaisar', which, having passed through the Latin 'Caesar', had been transcribed into tsar in accordance with the specifics of the Bulgarian speech. This title makes no secret of the desires of the Bulgarian rulers to occupy the throne of the Eastern half of the former Roman empire. Constantinople, however, could be captured only after a siege and in complete isolation from its Balkan and Asian hinterland. Tsar Samouil (976-1014), who pushed Bulgaria's borders further to the South and to the West, and who made Ohrid his capital (the third Bulgarian capital after Pliska and Preslav), set out t achieve this. The country's resources at that time, however, were thinning out. Bulgaria found herself isolated in the acute conflicts between.
History of anti-Semitism - sermon On the Passion, in which he blames the Jews for the persecution and death of Jesus and absolves Pontius Pilate and the Romans from guilt or responsibility and thus encourages them to convert. 201 to 500 306 The Council of Elvira bans intermarriage of Christians and Jews. 315-337 Constantine I the Great refers to Jews as the "impure beings", members of "unclean and pernicious sect". His repressive edicts limit their rights, forbid congregations for religious services (deemed sacrilegious). Conversion to Judaism is outlawed. In contrast to past despots' political motivations to crush rebellions and dissent, Constantine and his followers pursue religious goals. 325 Ecumenical council at Nicaea. The Christian Church separates Easter from Passover: "We desire, dearest brethren, to separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jews... How, then,.
George Syncellus - chronological structure of Sextus Julius Africanus, arranging his events strictly in order of time, and naming them in the year which they happened. The text is continually interrupted by long tables of dates, so markedly that Krumbacher described it as being "rather a great historical list [Geschichtstabelle] with added explanations, than a universal history." George reveals himself as a staunch upholder of orthodoxy, and quotes Greek Fathers such as Gregory Nazianzen and John Chrysostom. But in spite of its religious bias and dry and uninteresting character, the fragments of ancient writers and apocryphal books preserved in it make it especially valuable. For instance, considerable portions of the original text of the Chronicle of Eusebius have been restored by the aid of George's work. His chief authorities were Annianus of Alexandria (5th.
Flat Earth - of Earth on the Moon during a lunar eclipse is round. Earth's circumference was estimated around 240 BC by Eratosthenes, who heard about a place in Egypt where the sun was directly overhead at the summer solstice and used geometry to come up with a circumference of 250,000 stades. This estimate astonishes some modern writers, as it is within 2% of the modern value of 40,070 kilometers. Middle Ages One popular belief is that, after the downfall of the Roman Empire, the knowledge of the spherical Earth was lost, and people believed in a flat Earth again. The extent to which this is true is disputed. It is certain that several Christian writers explicitly argued against the spherical Earth. Lactantius (245-325) calls it "folly" because people on a sphere would fall.
Flavian I of Antioch - in 381 Flavian was chosen to succeed him. The schism between the two parties was, however, far from being healed. The bishop of Rome and the bishop of Egypt refused to acknowledge Flavian, and Paulinus, who by the extreme Eustathians had been elected bishop in opposition to Meletius, still exercised authority over a portion of the church. On the death of Paulinus in about 383, Evagrius was chosen as his successor. After the death of Evagrius (c. 393), Flavian succeeded in preventing the election of a successor, though the Eustathians still continued to hold separate meetings. Through the intervention of John Chrysostom, soon after his elevation to the patriarchate of Constantinople in 398, and the influence of the emperor Theodosius I, Flavian was acknowledged in 399 as legitimate bishop of Antioch.
Erasmus - at the University of Paris, then the chief seat of scholastic learning, but already under the influence of the revived classical culture of Italy. Erasmus chose to lead the life of an independent scholar, independent of country, of academic ties, of religious allegiance and anything else that might interfere with his freedom of intellect and literary expression. The chief centres of his activity were Paris, Louvain, England, and Basel; yet he never belonged firmly in any one of these. His time in England was fruitful in the making of lifelong friendships with the leaders of English thought in the stirring days of King Henry VIII: John Colet, Thomas More, Thomas Linacre, and William Grocyn. At the University of Cambridge, he was Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, and had the option of.
Doctor of the Church - Doctor is listed, if available. Note that the use of the term Eastern Orthodox here indicates that the Saint in question was from Eastern Orthodoxy, not that Eastern Orthodoxy itself uses the term Doctor of the Church, which it does not. St. Gregory the Great St. Ambrose St. Augustine St. Jerome St. John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox) St. Basil (Eastern Orthodox) St. Gregory Nazianzus (Eastern Orthodox) St. Athanasius (Eastern Orthodox) St. Thomas Aquinas - 1568 St. Bonaventure - 1588 St. Anselm - 1720 St. Isidore - 1722 St. Peter Chrysologus - 1729 St. Leo the Great - 1754 St. Peter Damian - 1828 St. Bernard - 1830 St. Hilary of Poitiers - 1851 St. Alphonsus Liguori - 1871 St. Francis de Sales - 1877 St. Cyril of Alexandria - 1883 (Eastern Orthodox).
Dio Cassius - name was Cassius, but he assumed the other two names, as being descended on the mother's side from Dio Chrysostom. Thus, though he was on his mother's side of Greek descent, and though, in his writings, he adopted the prevailing Greek language of his native province, he must be considered as a Roman. Dio Cassius passed the greater part of his life in public service. He was a senator under Commodus and governor of Smyrna after the death of Septimius Severus; and afterwards suffect consul around 205, as also proconsul in Africa and Pannonia. Alexander Severus entertained the highest esteem for him, and made him consul for the second time, with himself in 229, though the Praetorian Guards, irritated against him on account of his severity, had demanded his life. Following.
Divine Liturgy - were allowed to participate. In modern times, this restriction applies only to communication — reception of the sacrament of holy communion. There are three Divine Liturgies that are in common use in the Eastern Orthodox Church: the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, used on most Sundays and holy days of the year; the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, used during the Great Lent and on Christmas, Theophany, and St. Basil's Day; and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, served on weekdays of Great Lent. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a shortened form of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil. Both are based on the earlier Divine Liturgy of St. James the Apostle, which is traditionally attributed to the first bishop of Jerusalem. The Liturgy of.
Demon - Christians in its original Greek sense became transformed to the later medieval sense. Saint Augustine's reading of Plotinus, in City of God (ch.11) is a case in point. Augustine's text is ambiguous as to whether daemons had become 'demonized' by the early 5th century: "He (Plotinus) also states that the blessed are called in Greek eudaimones, because they are good souls, that is to say, good demons, confirming his opinion that the souls of men are demons.' —''City of God, ch. 11.—Of the Opinion of the Platonists, that the Souls of Men Become Demons When Disembodied. If Augustine meant 'demons' in the later, medieval sense, the passage would savor of rehetorical casuistry that is not characteristic of him. According to Christian doctrine, When God created angels, he offered them the same.
347 - 347 - 348 349 350 351 352 Events Council of Sardica Births John Chrysostom, bishop Eunapius, Greek Sophist and historian Deaths\n.
345 - 344 - 345 - 346 347 348 349 350 Events Births John Chrysostom, Christian bishop and preacher Deaths Pachomius, early monasticist (approximate date) Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Roman priest (or 352).\n.
