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Correspondence with the Bishop of Rome

St. John Chrysostom · c. 404–407 AD

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Post-Nicene

Letters exchanged between Chrysostom and Pope Innocent I during Chrysostom's unjust exile, documenting the early church's appeal to Rome in cases of episcopal injustice.

Table of Contents

1Letter from St. John Chrysostom to Innocent, Bishop of Rome2To Innocent, Bishop of Rome, Greeting in the Lord3To the Beloved Brother John, Innocent4Innocent, Bishop, to Presbyters and Deacons, and to All the Clergy and People of the Church of Constantinople, the Brethren Beloved Who Are Subject to the Bishop John, Greeting