Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in the art of forming the soul of children.

— John Chrysostom (347–407), Kirchenvater

Topics: Relationships & Family, Witness & Mission

Occasions: Baptism, Confirmation & Blessing, For Reflection

John Chrysostom

Johannes Chrysostomus (347–407) war ein Kirchenvater der Spätantike, der als Prediger in Antiochia und als Patriarch von Konstantinopel wirkte. Er steht für eine wortgetreue Auslegung der Bibel, eine kompromisslose Sozialethik zugunsten der Armen sowie für seine rhetorische Brillanz, die ihm den Beinamen „Goldmund“ einbrachte. Für heutige Bibelleser bieten seine Homilien eine praxisnahe Schriftauslegung, während seine aggressiven antijüdischen Predigten bis heute scharf kritisiert werden.

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