Comments on: John, Golden Mouth http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Webelf Report Blogroll « The WebElf Report http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-290505 Webelf Report Blogroll « The WebElf Report Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:22:40 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/#comment-290505 [...] BLESSED CHRYSOSTOM: John, Golden Mouth …. (fathersofthechurch) [...] [...] BLESSED CHRYSOSTOM: John, Golden Mouth …. (fathersofthechurch) [...]

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-278261 Kevin P. Edgecomb Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:16:26 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/#comment-278261 Remember the last words of our Father among the Saints John the Golden-Mouth: <i>Glory to God for all things!</i> Remember the last words of our Father among the Saints John the Golden-Mouth:

Glory to God for all things!

]]> By: St. John Chrysostom « On Pilgrim Roads http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-276976 St. John Chrysostom « On Pilgrim Roads Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:39:31 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/#comment-276976 [...] St. John Chrysostom Filed under: Saints and Blesseds — Ann @ 10:53 pm From Mike Aquilina’s post about this saint, John, Golden Mouth, whose feast we are celebrating today: John’s habitual honesty and integrity did not serve him well, by capital standards. He was a reformer and an ascetic, demanding much of others, but even more of himself. The clergy of Constantinople were not, however, eager to be reformed or to imitate John’s spartan lifestyle. Nor was the imperial family — especially the empress — interested in John’s advice about their use of cosmetics, their lavish expenses, and their self-aggrandizing monuments. John found it outrageous that the rich could relieve themselves in golden toilet bowls while the poor went hungry. He reached the limits of his patience when the empress went beyond the law to seize valuable lands from a widow, after the widow had refused to sell the property. (John did not miss the opportunity to cite relevant Old Testament passages, like 1 Kings 21.) [...] [...] St. John Chrysostom Filed under: Saints and Blesseds — Ann @ 10:53 pm From Mike Aquilina’s post about this saint, John, Golden Mouth, whose feast we are celebrating today: John’s habitual honesty and integrity did not serve him well, by capital standards. He was a reformer and an ascetic, demanding much of others, but even more of himself. The clergy of Constantinople were not, however, eager to be reformed or to imitate John’s spartan lifestyle. Nor was the imperial family — especially the empress — interested in John’s advice about their use of cosmetics, their lavish expenses, and their self-aggrandizing monuments. John found it outrageous that the rich could relieve themselves in golden toilet bowls while the poor went hungry. He reached the limits of his patience when the empress went beyond the law to seize valuable lands from a widow, after the widow had refused to sell the property. (John did not miss the opportunity to cite relevant Old Testament passages, like 1 Kings 21.) [...]

]]> By: Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Morning Highlights http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/comment-page-1/#comment-275684 Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Morning Highlights Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:36:18 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2007/09/13/john-golden-mouth/#comment-275684 [...] At the Way of the Fathers a summary of the life of John, Golden Mouth. [...] [...] At the Way of the Fathers a summary of the life of John, Golden Mouth. [...]

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