This collection of his letters from exile to his friend and disciple Olympia is to a large extent his letters of encouragement to her. In general I appreciate the writings of St. I will be doing a podcast in the near future on this with a friend, and try to distill the points for secular people so they can receive the same consolation St Olympia and I received from these letters.more If you haven't, then you may want to go through, at the very least, Genesis and The New Testament, focusing especially on the Epistles Of St Paul. To conclude, If you have a reasonable working knowledge of scripture, this is well worth your time. If they can have such an effect in English to a man 1600 years later, how much on her? How much would she have desired to continue receiving these consolations? I think, especially in the later time of St John's exile, they really did have a positive effect on her. I cannot imagine how much consolation they provided to St Olympia.Īnd, to contradict another review on here, is why I think she may have asked for more. The powerful parallels are drawn between the biblical figures and St Olympia, especially of Joseph and Job, were sufficient to bring me out of the despondency and desolation I found myself in at the beginning of this book. Two especially interesting parts of the collection of letters (found in letter 8) are the brief commentary on the clothing of women and on virginity. among the greatest pieces of text, I have ever read.Īlthough it is a little bit dense and confusing for somebody who is not well versed in the scriptures, If you have this, It all becomes very clear. Letter 7 and Letter 8 especially are superb. The powerful parallels are drawn between the biblical figur I love this. Although it is a little bit dense and confusing for somebody who is not well versed in the scriptures, If you have this, It all becomes very clear. among the greatest pieces of text, I have ever read. Iconographer abbess olympia series#In addition, he wrote a series of letters to the deaconess Olympias, of which seventeen are extant.more Two other notable books by John are Instructions to Catechumens and On the Incomprehensibility of the Divine Nature. Another important treatise written by John is titled On the Priesthood (written 390/391, it contains in Book 1 an account of his early years and a defence of his flight from ordination by Bishop Meletios of Antioch, and then proceeds in later books to expound on his exalted understanding of the priesthood). Chrysostom wrote that, already in his day, it was customary for Antiochenes to send their sons to be educated by monks. One such work is John's early treatise Against Those Who Oppose the Monastic Life, written while he was a deacon (sometime before 386), which was directed to parents, pagan as well as Christian, whose sons were contemplating a monastic vocation. Chrysostom wrote that, already in his d Apart from his homilies, a number of John's other treatises have had a lasting influence. Apart from his homilies, a number of John's other treatises have had a lasting influence.
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