Jan Zlatoústý citáty
Jan Zlatoústý
Datum narození: 349
Datum úmrtí: 15. září 407
Další jména:Ióannés Chrýsostomos,Johannes Chrysostomus
Svatý Jan Zlatoústý byl konstantinopolský arcibiskup známý pro svou řečnickou a kazatelskou zdatnost. Rozhodně odsuzoval zneužívání pravomocí světskými i církevními činiteli. To vedlo např. k jeho sporu s císařovnou Eudokií. V roce 1568 jej papež Pius V. jmenoval učitelem církve.
Citáty Jan Zlatoústý
„I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish“
— John Chrysostom
Context: I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish: and the reason is, that it is an affair that requires a great mind.
St. John Chrysostom, Homily III on Acts 1:12
„We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.“
— John Chrysostom
[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf109/Page_476.html Homilies on the Statues], Homily XX
„Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles.“
— John Chrysostom
[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf114.iv.xxiii.html Homilies on the Gospel of Saint John], Homily XXI
„Let all partake of the feast of faith. Let all receive the riches of goodness. Let no one lament their poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn their transgressions, for pardon has dawned from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Saviour's death has set us free.“
— John Chrysostom
Paschal Homily
„[T]he Jewish people were driven by their drunkenness and plumpness to the ultimate evil; they kicked about, they failed to accept the yoke of Christ, nor did they pull the plow of his teaching. Another prophet hinted at this when he said: "Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer." … Although such beasts are unfit for work, they are fit for killing. And this is what happened to the Jews: while they were making themselves unfit for work, they grew fit for slaughter. This is why Christ said: "But as for these my enemies, who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and slay them." (Luke 19:27)“
— John Chrysostom
[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chrysostom-jews6.html Eight Homilies Against the Jews], Homily 1
„A servant, indeed, one will be able perhaps to bind down by fear; nay, not even for him, for he will soon leave you. But the partner of one's life, the mother of one's children, the foundation of one's every joy, one ought never to chain down by fear and threats, but with love and good temper. For what sort of union is that, where the wife trembles at her husband? And what sort of pleasure will the husband have if he dwells with his wife as with a slave? Yea, even though you suffer everything on her account, do not scold her; for neither did Christ do this to the Church.“
— John Chrysostom
[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf113/Page_144.html Homilies on Ephesians], Homily XX
„Christ is risen, and you are overthrown! Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen! Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice! Christ is risen, and life reigns! Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb! For Christ, being raised from the dead, has become the first-fruits of them that have slept.“
— John Chrysostom
Paschal Homily
„Nothing is more miserable than those people who never failed to attack their own salvation. When there was need to observe the Law, they trampled it under foot. … On this account Stephen said: "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart, you always resist the Holy Spirit", not only by transgressing the Law but also by wishing to observe it at the wrong time.“
— John Chrysostom
Saint John Chrysostom (349–ca. 407), [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/chrysostom-jews6.html Eight Homilies Against the Jews], Homily 1
„If you are a Christian, no earthly city is yours. Of our City ‘the Builder and Maker is God.’ Though we may gain possession of the whole world, we are withal but strangers and sojourners in it all. We are enrolled in heaven: our citizenship is there! Let us not, after the manner of little children, despise things that are great, and admire those which are little! Not our city’s greatness, but virtue of soul is our ornament and defence. If you suppose dignity to belong to a city, think how many persons must partake in this dignity, who are whoremongers, effeminate, depraved and full of ten thousand evil things, and at last despise such honour! But that City above is not of this kind; for it is impossible that he can be a partaker of it, who has not exhibited every virtue.“
— John Chrysostom
[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf109/Page_456.html Homilies on the Statues], Homily XVII
