Religious Quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

10 Religious quotes by Saint John Chrysostom

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Saint John Chrysostom’s sermons still echo today. These ten excerpts capture his earnest call to moral living.

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The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.

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God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to…

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One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

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Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes Him bold.

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Every time that we sin, we are born of the devil. But every time that we do good, we are born of…

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Of all the afflictions that burden the human race, there is not one, whether spiritual or bodily, that cannot be healed by…

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Just as those who are deprived of light cannot walk straight, so also those who do not behold the ray of the…

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Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit?…

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Are you angry? Be angry at your sins, beat your soul, afflict your conscience, but strict in judgement and a terrible punisher…

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If we were not passionately inclined to money or to vainglory, then we would not fear death or poverty. We would not…

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The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.

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What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.

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...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.

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

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Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time.

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It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens.

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I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

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