Saint John Chrysostom Quotes About Christianity

Quotes about: Christianity

• A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children; again she fears for the women and children who belong to her children. ... For each of these-whether for loss of possessions, bodily illness, or undesired misfortune-she mourns and grieves no less than those who suffer.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Children, Husband

• As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Men

• Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Christianity, Virtue, Mercy

• Whatever you may do for your brother, being hungry, and a stranger, and naked, not even the devil will be able to despoil, but it will be laid up in an inviolabe treasure.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Brother, Devil, Naked

• What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men. He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant's bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of His Goodness.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Lying, Simple, Men

• Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Mother, Teacher, Humility

• This is the rule of most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the seeking of the common good ... for nothing can so make a person an imitator of Christ as caring for neighbors.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Caring, Perfect, Definitions

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