We have all heard the famous quote attributed to St. Francis: Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words when necessary. St. Jerome makes min...

In his 27th sermon on Acts St. John Chrysostom tells us what makes men and women ugly. It is drunkenness and gluttony. The remedy is eating ...

In his second homily on 2 Thessalonians St John Chrysostom exhorts his hearers to always mediate on hell as a means of keeping oneself from ...

In his fourteenth sermon on 1 Timothy Chrysostom gives a lengthy description of a monastery which he calls a house of mourning. Monasteries ...

It would be anachronistic and just plain wrong to call any Church Father an advocate of sola scriptura. However, there are certainly analogu...

In the Confession of Dositheus The Orthodox Church absolutely forbids the laity to read the Scriptures in the vernacular. Does this reflect ...

Does St John Chrysostom really teach that faith in Christ alone is not enough to save a man? Yes he does. In his tenth sermon on the Gospel ...