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Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom

Palladius of Galatia · c. 405 AD

3h 44m read
Post-Nicene

A biographical dialogue recounting the life, ministry, and sufferings of St. John Chrysostom.

Table of Contents

1CHRYSOSTOM'S LETTER TO INNOCENT2THE EMPEROR OF ROME TAKES ACTION3THE BISHOP BEGINS HIS NARRATIVE4THE EARLY CAREER OF CHRYSOSTOM5THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE6THEOPHILUS, THE MONKS AND CHRYSOSTOM7FIRST EXPULSION OF CHRYSOSTOM8INTRIGUES AND VIOLENCE AT CONSTANTINOPLE9CHRYSOSTOM'S DEPARTURE, AND ITS SEQUEL10EXILE AND DEATH OF CHRYSOSTOM11A DEFENCE OF CHRYSOSTOM'S ABSTEMIOUS HABITS12A DEFENCE AGAINST THE CHARGE OF TYRANNICAL DEPOSITIONS13THE TRIAL OF ANTONINUS—CHRYSOSTOM 'S VISIT TO EPHESUS14SIX BISHOPS DEPOSED—CHRYSOSTOM'S WORK UNDONE15PORPHYRIUS16THE VIRTUES OF THE MONKS, AND OF OLYMPIAS17CHRYSOSTOM'S IDEALS18A DEFENCE AGAINST THE CHARGES OF PRIDE AND INSOLENCE19THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SAINTS, AND THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD