{"slug":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","title":"De sancto hieromartyre Phoca","title_source":"De sancto hieromartyre Phoca","author":"John Chrysostom","genre":"history/hagiography","date":"","tradition":"greek","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T07:11:54Z","cost_usd":0.007513},"source":{"registry_id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","work_id":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","edition":"khazarzar","language":"","license":"Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/De%20sancto%20hieromartyre%20Phoca.pdf"},"stats":{"passages":14,"english_words":3646,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":14317,"commentary_units":81,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":22,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":6},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","abstract":"This dossier examines the homily 'De sancto hieromartyre Phoca,' traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom but of uncertain authorship. The text survives in a single Greek manuscript tradition, with no independent witnesses before the 10th century, and the khazarzar edition relies on a 17th-century copy. The martyrdom of Phocas is traditionally dated to the early 4th century under Diocletian, but the earliest external reference to a cult is from the 5th century. The homily was read in Byzantine liturgical commemorations of Phocas on 22 September and influenced later hagiographical compilations, including the Menologion of Basil II. The edition lacks a critical apparatus and does not collate variant readings, and the Greek text may contain later scribal interpolations.","historical_context":"The homily is set within the context of early Christian hagiography and the cult of martyrs. The martyr Phocas is said to have come from Pontus in Asia Minor, and his relics were translated, a key event in the homily. The text opens with a citation of Psalm 141 (LXX) as a thematic anchor and references the previous day's celebration, establishing a temporal frame. The phrase 'filled you with his blessing' emphasizes the tangible transmission of sanctity, a common hagiographic motif. The mention of kings dancing with the people echoes Chrysostom's rhetorical strategy of contrasting imperial humility with private negligence. The title includes 'Against Heretics,' but the surviving passage does not develop this theme, suggesting a possible later addition or lost section. The homily was transmitted through Byzantine liturgical use, with the earliest external reference to Phocas's cult dating to the 5th century. The text's survival in a single manuscript tradition and reliance on a 17th-century copy raise questions about its authenticity and textual integrity.","significance":"This homily is significant for understanding the development of the cult of Saint Phocas and the hagiographical traditions of the Byzantine Church. It illustrates how Chrysostom's rhetorical techniques were adapted for martyr narratives and how such texts were used in liturgical settings. The uncertain authorship and late manuscript evidence highlight the challenges of attributing works to major patristic figures and the need for critical editions.","timeline":[{"date":"early 4th c.","event":"Traditional date of Phocas's martyrdom under Diocletian."},{"date":"5th c.","event":"Earliest external reference to a cult of Phocas."},{"date":"10th c.","event":"Earliest surviving manuscript witness of the homily."},{"date":"17th c.","event":"Copy used for the khazarzar edition."},{"date":"22 September (Byzantine calendar)","event":"Liturgical commemoration of Phocas, when the homily was read."},{"date":"10th-11th c.","event":"Influence on the Menologion of Basil II."}],"relations":[{"work":"Menologion of Basil II","relation":"Influenced later hagiographical compilations","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Psalm 141 (LXX)","relation":"Provides scriptural basis for the homily","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Homilies of John Chrysostom","relation":"Attributed to Chrysostom, but authorship uncertain","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["Authorship is uncertain; the homily is traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom but lacks firm evidence.","The text survives in a single manuscript tradition, with no independent witnesses before the 10th century.","The khazarzar edition relies on a 17th-century copy and does not collate variant readings or provide a critical apparatus.","The Greek text may contain later scribal interpolations.","The title includes 'Against Heretics,' but the surviving passage does not develop this theme, suggesting a possible later addition or lost section."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000476,"generated":"2026-11-15T07:11:53Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/De%20sancto%20hieromartyre%20Phoca.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-sancto-hieromartyre-phoca","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":14,"translated":14,"commentary_passages":14,"commentary_units":81,"english_words":3646,"source_letters":14312,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The text survives in a single Greek manuscript tradition, with no independent witnesses before the 10th century. The khazarzar edition relies on a 17th-century copy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The martyrdom of Phocas is traditionally dated to the early 4th century under Diocletian, but the earliest external reference to a cult is from the 5th century. Chrysostom’s authorship is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The homily was read in Byzantine liturgical commemorations of Phocas on 22 September. It influenced later hagiographical compilations, including the Menologion of Basil II.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"This edition does not collate variant readings from other manuscripts, nor does it provide a critical apparatus. The Greek text may contain later scribal interpolations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: history/hagiography in ancient Greek; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 14 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: khazarzar — Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":14},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΑ ΦΩΚΑΝ, ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΩΝ Καὶ εἰς τὸν ρμαʹ ψαλμὸν, \"Φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην.\" αʹ. Λαμπρὰ γέγονεν ἡμῖν χθὲς ἡ πόλις, λαμπρὰ καὶ περιφανὴς, οὐκ ἐπειδὴ κίονας εἶχεν, ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ μάρτυρα πομπεύοντα ἀπὸ Πόντου πρὸς ἡμᾶς παραγενόμενον. Εἶδεν ὑμῶν τὴν φιλοξενίαν, καὶ ἐνέπλησεν ὑμᾶς τῆς εὐλογίας· ἐπῄνεσεν ὑμῶν τὴν προθυμίαν, καὶ εὐλόγησε τοὺς παραγενομένους. Ἐμακάρισα τοὺς συνελθόντας καὶ μετασχόντας αὐτοῦ τῆς εὐωδίας, καὶ ἐταλάνισα τοὺς ἀπολειφθέντας· ἀλλ' ἵνα μὴ ἡ ζημία αὐτῶν ἀνίατος γένηται, πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ἀνακηρύττομεν αὐτὸν, ἵνα καὶ οἱ ἀπολειφθέντες διὰ ῥᾳθυμίαν διπλασιάσωσι τῇ σπουδῇ τὴν εὐλογίαν τὴν παρὰ τοῦ μάρτυρος. Ὃ μὲν γὰρ πολλάκις εἶπον, τοῦτο καὶ λέγων οὐ παύσομαι· οὐκ εὐθύνας ἀπαιτῶ ἁμαρτημάτων, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀσθενοῦσι φάρμακα κατασκευάζω. Ἀπελείφθης χθές; παραγενοῦ κἂν σήμερον, ἵνα ἴδῃς αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἰκεῖον χῶρον ἀπαγόμενον. Εἶδες αὐτὸν διὰ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἀγόμενον; βλέπε αὐτὸν καὶ διὰ τοῦ πελάγους πλέοντα, ἵνα ἑκάτερα τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς παρ' αὐτοῦ εὐλογίας ἐμπλησθῇ. Μηδεὶς ἀπολιμπανέσθω τῆς ἱερᾶς ταύτης πανηγύρεως· μὴ παρθένος οἴκοι μενέτω, μὴ γυνὴ τὴν οἰκίαν κατεχέτω, κενώσωμεν τὴν πόλιν, καὶ πρὸς τὸν τάφον τοῦ μάρτυρος μεθορμίσωμεν· καὶ γὰρ καὶ βασιλεῖς κοινῇ μεθ' ἡμῶν χορεύουσι. Ποίαν οὖν συγγνώμην ἔχει ὁ ἰδιώτης, βασιλέων τὰς βασιλικὰς αὐλὰς καταλιμπανόντων, καὶ τῷ τάφῳ τοῦ μάρτυρος παρακαθημένων;","english":"On the Holy Hieromartyr Phocas, and Against Heretics. And on Psalm 141, \"With my voice I cried out to the Lord, with my voice I besought God.\" 1. Our city was brilliant yesterday, brilliant and renowned, not because it had columns, but because it had a martyr processing from Pontus and arriving among us. He saw your hospitality and filled you with his blessing; he praised your eagerness and blessed those who came. I counted blessed those who gathered and partook of his fragrance, and I deemed wretched those who were left behind. But so that their loss might not be incurable, we proclaim him again on another day, so that even those who were left behind through negligence may double their blessing from the martyr by their zeal. For what I have often said, I will not cease saying: I do not demand accounts of sins, but I prepare remedies for the sick. Were you left behind yesterday? Come at least today, so that you may see him being taken to his own place. Did you see him being led through the marketplace? See him also sailing through the sea, so that both elements may be filled with his blessing. Let no one be absent from this sacred festival. Let no virgin stay at home, let no woman keep her house; let us empty the city and move to the martyr's tomb; for even kings dance together with us. What excuse then does a private person have, when kings leave their royal courts and sit by the martyr's tomb?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην","severity":"info","text":"The opening citation of Psalm 141 (LXX numbering) provides the scriptural basis for the homily. 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Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸν ἥλιον ἀμήχανον σβεσθῆναι, οὕτω καὶ μνήμην μαρτύρων· αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπεφήνατο· Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν. Ἀλλὰ τοῦ μὲν μάρτυρος τὰ ἐγκώμια εἰς τὸν προσήκοντα καιρὸν ἀναμείνωμεν· καὶ γὰρ καὶ ταῦτα ἀρκούντως εἴρηται διὰ τὴν σπουδὴν τῶν ὀφειλόντων συναχθῆναι, καὶ περιφανῆ ποιῆσαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἑορτῆς. Ὃ μὲν γὰρ καὶ χθὲς ἔλεγον, καὶ σήμερον πάλιν λέγω, τῷ μὲν μάρτυρι οὐδεμία δόξα ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν πολλῶν παρουσίας γενήσεται, ὑμῖν δὲ πλείων ἔσται ἡ εὐλογία ἀπὸ τοῦ παραγενέσθαι πρὸς τὸν μάρτυρα. Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον βλέπων τὸ μὲν ἄστρον φαιδρότερον οὐ ποιεῖ, τὰ δὲ οἰκεῖα ὄμματα καταυγάζει· οὕτω δὴ καὶ ὁ μάρτυρα τιμῶν, ἐκεῖνον λαμπρότερον οὐ ποιεῖ, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς παρ' ἐκείνου τὴν εὐλογίαν τοῦ φωτὸς ἐπισπᾶται. Ποιήσωμεν πάλιν τὴν θάλατταν ἐκκλησίαν μετὰ λαμπάδων ἐξιόντες ἐκεῖσε, καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐνυγραίνοντες, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐμπιμπλῶντες πυρός. Μηδεὶς φοβείσθω τὸ πέλαγος· ὁ μάρτυς θάνατον οὐκ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ σὺ τὸ ὕδωρ δέδοικας; Ἀλλὰ τοῦτον μὲν αὐτάρκως τὸν λόγον εἰρήκαμεν·","english":"Such is the power of the martyrs, that it nets not only private individuals but also those who wear diadems. This is the shame of the Greeks, this is the reproach of their error, this is the destruction of the demons. This is our nobility, and the crown of the Church. I dance with the martyrs and leap, seeing their trophy instead of meadows, because instead of springs blood flowed. Their bones were consumed, and their memory becomes fresher each day. For just as it is impossible to extinguish the sun, so too is the memory of the martyrs. For Christ himself declared: \"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.\" But let us postpone the encomia of the martyr to the appropriate time. For these things have been sufficiently said due to the zeal of those who ought to gather and make the day of the feast renowned. For what I said yesterday, I say again today: no glory will come to the martyr from the presence of the many, but your blessing will be greater from having come to the martyr. For just as one who looks at the sun does not make the star brighter but illuminates his own eyes, so too one who honors a martyr does not make him more brilliant but draws the blessing of light from him. Let us again make the sea a church, going out there with lamps, wetting the fire and filling the water with fire. Let no one fear the sea. The martyr did not fear death, and do you fear the water? But we have spoken this discourse sufficiently.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Τοιαύτη γὰρ τῶν μαρτύρων ἡ δύναμις","severity":"info","text":"The opening sentence establishes the martyrs' power as a net that captures even emperors, a rhetorical amplification typical of Chrysostom's panegyric.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν Ἑλλήνων","severity":"info","text":"Here 'Ελλήνων' refers to pagans, not ethnic Greeks, a standard usage in patristic polemic.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσιν","severity":"info","text":"A loose citation of Matthew 24:35, where Christ says 'Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not.' Chrysostom adapts it to the memory of martyrs.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ πῦρ ἐνυγραίνοντες, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐμπιμπλῶντες πυρός","severity":"info","text":"This paradoxical imagery of wetting fire and filling water with fire likely refers to a nocturnal vigil with lamps on the sea, a practice attested in late antique Christian processions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀλλὰ τοῦ μὲν μάρτυρος τὰ ἐγκώμια εἰς τὸν προσήκοντα καιρὸν ἀναμείνωμεν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom postpones the formal encomium of the martyr, marking a structural break between introductory exhortation and the main panegyric.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Χορεύω μετὰ μαρτύρων, καὶ σκιρτῶ","severity":"info","text":"The motif of dancing with martyrs reflects the joyful, festive atmosphere of martyr feasts in late antique Constantinople, as described in other Chrysostom homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τὸ πῦρ ἐνυγραίνοντες' could be interpreted literally as extinguishing fire in water, but the context of a lamp procession suggests a symbolic paradox."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"φέρε δὴ καὶ ἐκ τῶν σήμερον εἰρημένων τὴν εἰωθυῖαν ὑμῖν παραθῶμεν τράπεζαν. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ στενοχωρεῖται ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα, ἀλλ' ἀναπτερούσθω ἡ διάνοια· οὐδὲ γὰρ τὴν στενοχωρίαν ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ τὴν προθυμίαν βλέπω. Ἡδὺ καὶ κυβερνήτῃ θάλαττα κυματουμένη, καὶ διδασκάλῳ ἐκκλησία πελαγιζομένη· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασι τούτοις οὔτε ἅλμη, οὔτε\n\nσκόπελος, οὔτε θηρία, ἀλλὰ θάλαττα καὶ πέλαγος γέμον εὐωδίας· ἐνταῦθα πλοῖα οὐκ ἀπὸ γῆς εἰς γῆν, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ γῆς εἰς οὐρανὸν μεθορμιζόμενα, οὐ χρήματα ἔχοντα, οὐ χρυσὸν, οὐδὲ ἄργυρον, ἀλλὰ πίστιν, καὶ ἀγάπην, καὶ ζῆλον, καὶ σοφίαν. βʹ. Φέρε δὴ τοίνυν μετὰ ἀκριβείας ἐφίεμεν τὸ πλοῖον μηδέποτε ἀπολλύμενον, μηδὲ ναυάγιον ὑπομένον. Ἀλλὰ προσέχετε μετὰ ἀκριβείας τοῖς λεγομένοις· ὁ γὰρ ψαλμὸς ἡμᾶς σήμερον εἰς παράταξιν ἐξάγει τῶν αἱρετικῶν, οὐχ ἵνα αὐτοὺς ἑστῶτας βάλλωμεν, ἀλλ' ἵνα κειμένους ἀναστήσωμεν· τοιοῦτος γὰρ ἡμῶν ὁ πόλεμος· οὐκ ἀπὸ ζώντων νεκροὺς ἐργάζεται, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ζῶντας κατασκευάζει, ἡμερότητος γέμων καὶ πολλῆς τῆς ἐπιεικείας. Οὐ γὰρ ἐλαύνω πράγματι, ἀλλὰ τῷ λόγῳ διώκω, οὐ τὸν αἱρετικὸν, ἀλλὰ τὴν αἵρεσιν, οὐ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀποστρέφομαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν πλάνην μισῶ, καὶ ἐπισπάσασθαι βούλομαι· οὐκ ἔχω πόλεμον πρὸς οὐσίαν· Θεοῦ γὰρ ἔργον ἡ οὐσία· ἀλλὰ τὴν γνώμην διορθώσασθαι βούλομαι, ἣν διέφθειρεν ὁ διάβολος. Οὕτω καὶ ἰατρὸς ἄῤῥωστον θεραπεύων, οὐ τῷ σώματι πολεμεῖ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ σώματος τὴν κακίαν ἀναιρεῖ.","english":"Let us then also set before you the customary table from today's readings. For even if our bodies are constrained, let our mind take wing; for I see not your constraint but your eagerness. Sweet is the stormy sea to the helmsman, and the crowded church to the teacher; for in these waters there is neither brine, nor reef, nor wild beast, but a sea and ocean full of fragrance. Here ships are not moved from land to land, but from earth to heaven, carrying not wealth, not gold, not silver, but faith, love, zeal, and wisdom. 2. Let us then with precision launch the ship that never perishes, that never suffers shipwreck. But pay close attention to what is said; for the psalm today leads us out to array against the heretics, not that we may strike them standing, but that we may raise them up when they are fallen; for such is our warfare: it does not make the living dead, but makes the dead living, full of gentleness and great moderation. For I do not drive with force, but pursue with reason, not the heretic but the heresy, I do not reject the person but hate the error, and I wish to draw them in; I have no war against substance—for substance is the work of God—but I wish to correct the opinion, which the devil has corrupted. So also a physician treating a sick person does not war against the body, but removes the body's malady.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν εἰωθυῖαν ὑμῖν παραθῶμεν τράπεζαν","severity":"info","text":"The 'customary table' metaphorically refers to the spiritual feast of scriptural readings, a common homiletic trope in Chrysostom's liturgical context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"πελαγιζομένη","severity":"info","text":"The verb πελαγιζομένη (from πέλαγος, 'open sea') here means 'crowded like a sea'—a rare metaphorical usage describing a full congregation, not a nautical term.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ ψαλμὸς ἡμᾶς σήμερον εἰς παράταξιν ἐξάγει","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom refers to a specific psalm (likely from the day's liturgy) that he interprets as a call to engage heretics; the exact psalm is not identified in the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν αἱρετικῶν","severity":"info","text":"The 'heretics' likely refer to Anomoeans or other Arian-leaning groups Chrysostom frequently opposed in Antioch; his irenic strategy here is characteristic of his homiletic approach.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"βʹ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek numeral βʹ (2) marks a structural division, possibly indicating a new section or a second homily in a series; it is retained in the manuscript tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"οὕτω καὶ ἰατρὸς","severity":"info","text":"The physician metaphor parallels Chrysostom's own usage in other homilies (e.g., De sacerdotio) where he compares pastoral correction to medical treatment of the soul, not the body.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The specific psalm referenced (ὁ ψαλμὸς) is not named; it may be from the day's lectionary but is not identifiable from the text alone.","The numeral βʹ could indicate a second homily in a series or a section break within a single homily; the manuscript tradition is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Κἀγὼ τοίνυν ἐὰν πολεμήσω αἱρετικοῖς, οὐκ αὐτοῖς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πολεμῶ, ἀλλὰ τὴν πλάνην ἐκβαλεῖν βούλομαι, καὶ τὴν σηπεδόνα ἐκκαθᾶραι. Ἐμοὶ ἔθος ἐστὶ διώκεσθαι καὶ μὴ διώκειν, ἐλαύνεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐλαύνειν. Οὕτω καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς περιεγένετο, οὐ σταυρώσας, ἀλλὰ σταυρωθεὶς, οὐ ῥαπίσας, ἀλλὰ ῥαπισθείς. Εἰ μὲν κακῶς ἐλάλησα, φησὶ, μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ· εἰ δὲ καλῶς, τί με δέρεις; Ὁ Δεσπότης τῆς οἰκουμένης τῷ δούλῳ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως ἀπολογεῖται, καὶ ῥαπισθεὶς τὸ στόμα, ὅθεν ἐξῆλθε ῥῆμα, καὶ τὴν θάλατταν ἐχαλίνωσε, καὶ τετραήμερον Λάζαρον ἐκ νεκρῶν ἤγειρεν· ὅθεν κακία ἐδραπέτευσεν, ὅθεν νοσήματα καὶ ἁμαρτήματα ἐλύετο· τοῦτο τοῦ σταυρωθέντος τὸ θαῦμα. Καὶ γὰρ δυνάμενος κεραυνὸν ἀφεῖναι, καὶ τὴν γῆν σεῖσαι, καὶ τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ δούλου ξηρᾶναι, οὐδὲν τούτων ἐποίησεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπολογεῖται, καὶ πραότητι περιγίνεται, σὲ παιδεύων ἄνθρωπον ὄντα μηδέποτε ἀγανακτεῖν· κἂν σταυρωθῇς, κἂν ῥάπισμα λάβῃς, τὰ αὐτὰ ἵνα λέγῃς ὡς ὁ Δεσπότης σου· Εἰ μὲν κακῶς ἐλάλησα, μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ· εἰ δὲ καλῶς, τί με δέρεις; Καὶ ὅρα αὐτοῦ τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν, πῶς τὰ μὲν τῶν δούλων ἐκδικεῖ, τὰ δὲ ἑαυτοῦ παρατρέχει. Ἐγένετό τίς ποτε προφήτης, καὶ βασιλέα ἀσεβοῦντα διήλεγχε, καὶ ἐλθών φησι· Θυσιαστήριον, θυσιαστήριον, ἄκουσον. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἱεροβοὰμ εἱστήκει τοῖς εἰδώλοις ἀναφέρων θυσίαν, ἐλθὼν ὁ προφήτης τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ διαλέγεται. Τί ποιεῖς, ὦ προφῆτα; τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀφῆκας, καὶ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ διαλέγῃ; Ναὶ, φησί. Διὰ τί;","english":"If then I war against heretics, I do not war against the men themselves, but I wish to cast out the error and cleanse away the corruption. My custom is to be persecuted and not to persecute, to be driven and not to drive. Thus also Christ prevailed, not by crucifying but by being crucified, not by striking but by being struck. \"If I have spoken ill,\" he says, \"bear witness concerning the evil; but if I have spoken well, why do you strike me?\" The Master of the world defends himself before the servant of the high priest, and, having his mouth struck—the mouth from which a word came that bridled the sea and raised four-day-dead Lazarus from the dead—from which evil fled, from which diseases and sins were dissolved—this is the wonder of the crucified one. For though he could have hurled a thunderbolt, shaken the earth, and withered the servant's hand, he did none of these things, but instead defends himself and prevails by gentleness, teaching you, being human, never to be vexed; even if you are crucified, even if you receive a blow, that you may say the same as your Master: \"If I have spoken ill, bear witness concerning the evil; but if I have spoken well, why do you strike me?\" And see his love for humanity, how he avenges the wrongs done to servants but passes over those done to himself. There was once a prophet who rebuked an impious king, and coming, he says: \"Altar, altar, listen.\" For when King Jeroboam stood offering sacrifice to the idols, the prophet came and converses with the altar. \"What are you doing, O prophet? You have left the man and you converse with the altar?\" \"Yes,\" he says. \"Why?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Κἀγὼ τοίνυν ἐὰν πολεμήσω αἱρετικοῖς","severity":"info","text":"The speaker identifies himself as a combatant against heresy, but distinguishes between attacking the error and attacking the persons, a rhetorical move common in Chrysostom's homilies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰ μὲν κακῶς ἐλάλησα, φησὶ, μαρτύρησον περὶ τοῦ κακοῦ· εἰ δὲ καλῶς, τί με δέρεις;","severity":"info","text":"This saying is not a direct biblical quotation but echoes the apocryphal Acts of Pilate or a tradition of Christ's defense before the high priest; it functions as a proof-text for nonviolence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ Δεσπότης τῆς οἰκουμένης τῷ δούλῳ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως ἀπολογεῖται","severity":"info","text":"The 'servant of the high priest' likely refers to Annas or Caiaphas's attendant who struck Jesus; this episode is known from John 18:22, where a soldier strikes Jesus during interrogation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τετραήμερον Λάζαρον ἐκ νεκρῶν ἤγειρεν","severity":"info","text":"The raising of Lazarus after four days is recounted in John 11:39-44; Chrysostom uses it to contrast Christ's miraculous power with his meekness in the passion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγένετό τίς ποτε προφήτης, καὶ βασιλέα ἀσεβοῦντα διήλεγχε","severity":"info","text":"The prophet addressing the altar is likely the anonymous man of God in 1 Kings 13:1-10, who rebukes Jeroboam's idolatry; Chrysostom adapts the story to illustrate indirect rebuke.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Καὶ ὅρα αὐτοῦ τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a transition from Christ's example to a general moral lesson, a typical homiletic device in Chrysostom to draw the audience's attention to a key virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'prophet' who speaks to the altar is not named; Chrysostom may be conflating or adapting the story from 1 Kings 13, where the man of God addresses the altar at Bethel."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Ἐπειδὴ λίθου ἀναισθητότερος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο, ἐκεῖνον ἀφίημι, καὶ τούτῳ διαλέγομαι, ἵνα μάθῃς, ὅτι ὁ λίθος ἀκούει, καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἀκούει. Ἄκουσον, θυσιαστήριον, ἄκουσον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐῤῥάγη τὸ θυσιαστήριον. Ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς, πιάσαι τὸν προφήτην βουλόμενος, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο συστεῖλαι αὐτήν. Ὁρᾷς ὅτι μᾶλλον τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἤκουσεν, ἢ ὁ βασιλεύς; ὁρᾷς ὅτι τὸν λογικὸν ἀφῆκε, καὶ τῷ ἀλόγῳ διαλέγεται, ἵνα διὰ τῆς τούτου ὑπακοῆς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀναισθησίαν καὶ κακίαν διορθώσηται; Ἐῤῥάγη τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἡ κακία τοῦ βασιλέως οὐκ ἐῤῥάγη. Ἀλλ' ὅρα τὸ γεγενημένον· ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα ὁ βασιλεὺς λαβεῖν τὸ προφήτην, καὶ εὐθέως ἐξηράνθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ.\n\nἘπειδὴ τῇ τιμωρίᾳ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου οὐκ ἐγένετο βελτίων, τῇ οἰκείᾳ κολάσει παιδεύεται τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ὑπακοήν. Ἐγὼ μὲν γάρ σου φειδόμενος εἰς λίθον ἠθέλησα ἀφεῖναι τὴν ὀργήν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐκ ἐγένετό σοι διδάσκαλος ὁ λίθος, λάμβανε σὺ τὴν τιμωρίαν. Καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ παραυτίκα ἐξηράνθη. Εἱστήκει λοιπὸν τὸ τρόπαιον τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ συστεῖλαι αὐτὴν ὁ βασιλεὺς οὐκ ἠδύνατο. Ποῦ τὸ διάδημα; ποῦ αἱ πορφυρίδες; ποῦ οἱ θώρακες; ποῦ αἱ ἀσπίδες; ποῦ τὸ στρατόπεδον; ποῦ τὰ δόρατα; Ὁ Θεὸς ἐκέλευσε, καὶ πάντα ἐκεῖνα ἀπώλετο· παρειστήκεισαν","english":"Since the man became more insensible than a stone, I leave that one and speak to this one, so that you may learn that the stone hears and the man does not hear. Listen, altar, listen, and immediately the altar was shattered. The king stretched out his hand, intending to seize the prophet, and he was unable to draw it back. Do you see that the altar heard more than the king? Do you see that he left the rational being and speaks to the irrational one, so that through the obedience of this one he might correct the insensibility and wickedness of that one? The altar was shattered, and the king’s wickedness was not shattered. But see what happened: the king stretched out his hand to take the prophet, and immediately his hand withered.\n\nSince he did not become better through the punishment of the altar, he is taught obedience to God through his own chastisement. For I, sparing you, wished to vent my anger on a stone; but since the stone did not become a teacher to you, you receive the punishment yourself. And he stretched out his hand, and immediately it withered. So the trophy of the prophet stood, and the king could not draw it back. Where is the diadem? Where are the purple robes? Where are the breastplates? Where are the shields? Where is the army? Where are the spears? God commanded, and all those things perished; they stood by","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"λίθου ἀναισθητότερος","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'more insensible than a stone' is a rhetorical hyperbole contrasting the king's stubbornness with the responsiveness of the inanimate altar.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα","severity":"info","text":"The withered hand motif echoes 1 Kings 13:4–6, where Jeroboam's hand withers after he stretches it out against a prophet. Chrysostom adapts this to illustrate divine punishment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"θυσιαστήριον","severity":"info","text":"The 'altar' here likely refers to a pagan altar, as Chrysostom contrasts it with the rational king. The shattering of the altar symbolizes the futility of idolatry.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐπειδὴ ... Ἐπειδὴ","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured by two parallel 'since' clauses (Ἐπειδὴ), each introducing a stage of the narrative: first the altar's punishment, then the king's own chastisement.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Ποῦ ... ποῦ ...","severity":"info","text":"The anaphoric series 'Where is the diadem? Where are the purple robes?' is a rhetorical device common in Chrysostom, emphasizing the transience of earthly power before divine will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐῤῥάγη","severity":"caution","text":"The verb ἐῤῥάγη (from ῥήγνυμι) is spelled with a rough breathing and iota subscript in the edition, but the standard form is ἐρράγη. This may be a scribal or editorial variant.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'prophet' and 'king' is not specified in this passage; the narrative likely refers to a biblical or hagiographic exemplum, possibly Jeroboam and an unnamed prophet."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"οἱ σατράπαι βοηθῆσαι μὲν οὐ δυνάμενοι, θεωροὶ δὲ τῆς πληγῆς γενόμενοι μόνον. Καὶ ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ ἐξηράνθη· ὅτε ἐγένετο ξηρὰ, τότε καρπὸν ἤνεγκε. Βλέπε μοι τὸ ὑπόδειγμα τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, καὶ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ. Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ ξύλον ἐκεῖνο χλωρὸν ὂν θάνατον ἔτεκε, τὸ δὲ ξύλον τοῦ σταυροῦ ξηρὸν ὂν ζωὴν ἐγέννησεν· οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐγένετο, ὅτε χλωρὰ ἦν, τότε ἀσέβειαν ἔτεκεν, ὅτε ξηρὰ ἐγένετο, τότε τὴν ὑπακοὴν προσήγαγεν· ἴδε τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ παράδοξα πράγματα. Ἀλλ' ὅπερ ἔλεγον, ὅτε αὐτὸς ἐῤῥαπίζετο, οὐδὲν κακὸν τῷ ῥαπίζοντι ἐποίει· ὅτε δὲ ὁ δοῦλος ἔμελλεν ὑβρίζεσθαι, τὸν βασιλέα ἐκόλασε, σὲ παιδεύων τὰ μὲν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκδικεῖν, τὰ δὲ οἰκεῖα παρατρέχειν. Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ ἐμὰ παρατρέχω, τὰ δὲ σὰ ἐκδικῶ· οὕτω καὶ σὺ τὰ ἐμὰ ἐκδίκει, τὰ δὲ σὰ παράτρεχε. Ἀλλὰ συντείνατέ μοι τὴν ἀκοὴν ἔνθα γὰρ ἀγώνων καιρὸς, ἀκροατῶν χρεία συντεταμένην ἐχόντων τὴν ἀκοὴν, ἵνα εἰδῆτε μετὰ ἀκριβείας πῶς δεσμεύω, πῶς λύω τὰ τῶν ἀντιδίκων ἁμαρτήματα, πῶς παλαίω, πῶς ῥήσσω. Εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ καθήμενοι ἐπικύπτουσι δύο παλαιόντων, τὴν ὄψιν αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἐκτείνοντες, ἵνα ἴδωσι παλαίσματα αἰσχύνης γέμοντα, ἵνα ἴδωσι παλαίσματα, ἃ μιμήσασθαι αἰσχύνη, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡμᾶς προσέχειν δεῖ τῇ τῶν θείων Γραφῶν ἀκροάσει. Εἰ γὰρ ἐπαινεῖς τὸν ἀθλητὴν, διὰ τί οὐ γίνῃ ἀθλητής; εἰ δὲ αἰσχύνῃ γενέσθαι ἀθλητὴς, διὰ τί μιμῇ τούτων τὸν ἔπαινον; Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστιν ἐνταῦθα τοιαῦτα τὰ παλαίσματα, ἀλλὰ κοινὰ πᾶσι καὶ ὠφέλιμα καὶ τοῖς λέγουσι καὶ τοῖς ἀκούουσι.","english":"The satraps were unable to help, but became mere spectators of the blow. And the king stretched out his hand, and it withered; when it became dry, then it bore fruit. Observe for me the example of the tree in paradise and the tree of the cross. For just as that tree, being green, produced death, while the tree of the cross, being dry, generated life, so also it happened with the king's hand: when it was green, then it produced impiety; when it became dry, then it brought forth obedience. Behold the paradoxical works of God. But as I was saying, when he himself was being struck, he did no harm to the striker; but when his servant was about to be insulted, he punished the king, teaching you to avenge the things of God and to overlook your own. For just as I overlook my own and avenge yours, so also you avenge mine and overlook your own. But lend me your ear attentively, for where there is a time of contests, there is need of hearers having their hearing strained, so that you may know with precision how I bind, how I loose the sins of the opponents, how I wrestle, how I break. For if those sitting in the theater lean forward when two are wrestling, stretching their sight and their stature to see wrestlings full of shame, to see wrestlings which it is shameful to imitate, much more must we attend to the hearing of the divine Scriptures. For if you praise the athlete, why do you not become an athlete? But if you are ashamed to become an athlete, why do you imitate their praise? But here the wrestlings are not of that sort, but common to all and beneficial both to speakers and to hearers.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"οἱ σατράπαι","severity":"info","text":"The satraps are Persian officials, here used anachronistically for the courtiers of a biblical king, a common rhetorical device in Chrysostom.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, καὶ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ","severity":"info","text":"The tree in paradise (Gen 2–3) and the tree of the cross (the cross as a tree, e.g., John 19) are contrasted as a typological pair: green tree of death vs. dry tree of life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν θείων Γραφῶν ἀκροάσει","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom contrasts the theatrical spectacle of wrestling with the proper attention due to scriptural reading, a frequent theme in his homilies against the entertainment culture of Antioch.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀλλὰ συντείνατέ μοι τὴν ἀκοὴν","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from narrative exemplum to direct exhortation, using athletic imagery (binding, loosing, wrestling) to frame the homiletic contest as a spiritual struggle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"πῶς δεσμεύω, πῶς λύω","severity":"info","text":"The language of binding and loosing echoes the rhetorical and exegetical practice of Chrysostom, who often presents himself as a spiritual athlete contending with heretics or moral failings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀθλητὴς","severity":"info","text":"The term 'athlete' is used metaphorically for the Christian ascetic or martyr, a common trope in patristic literature; here it is applied to the ideal hearer of Scripture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the king and prophet in the preceding narrative is not specified in this passage; the context suggests a biblical episode (possibly from 1 Kings 13 or 2 Kings 5) but the reference is left implicit.","The phrase 'when he himself was being struck' (ὅτε αὐτὸς ἐῤῥαπίζετο) could refer to the prophet or to God; the reading taken is that it refers to the prophet."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Παλαίω γὰρ μετὰ τοῦ αἱρετικοῦ, ἵνα καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀθλητὰς ἀπεργάσωμαι, ἵνα μὴ μόνον ψάλλοντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ διαλεγόμενοι τὴν γλῶτταν αὐτῶν ἀποῤῥάπτητε. Τί οὖν φησιν ὁ προφήτης; Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην.\n\nΠρόσχες· μὴ δοκεῖ ἔχειν ἀφορμὴν παλαισμάτων τὸ ῥηθέν; Ὅρα πῶς πλέκω τὸν στέφανον καὶ τῶν ἀγώνων τὴν ὑπόθεσιν. Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα· φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην. Ἐνταῦθά μοι τὸν αἱρετικὸν κάλει· ἐάν τε παρῇ, ἐάν τε μὴ παρῇ. Ἐάν τε γὰρ παρῇ, παρὰ τῆς ἡμετέρας φωνῆς παιδευέσθω· ἐάν τε μὴ παρῇ, διὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀκροάσεως μανθανέτω. Ἀλλ' ὅπερ εἶπον, οὐκ ἐλαύνω αὐτὸν παρόντα, ἀλλὰ δέχομαι αὐτὸν ἐλαυνόμενον, οὐ παρ' ἡμῶν, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τοῦ οἰκείου συνειδότος, κατὰ τὸν λέγοντα, Φεύγει ὁ ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος. Ἡ Ἐκκλησία μήτηρ ἐστὶ τῶν οἰκείων τέκνων, καὶ τούτους δεχομένη, καὶ τοῖς ξένοις τοὺς κόλπους ἐφαπλοῦσα. Κοινὸν θέατρον ἡ κιβωτὸς ἡ τοῦ Νῶε ἦν, ἀλλ' ἡ Ἐκκλησία καὶ ταύτης βελτίων. Ἐκείνη μὲν γὰρ ἐλάμβανεν ἄλογα, καὶ ἐφύλαττεν ἄλογα· αὕτη δὲ λαμβάνει ἄλογα, καὶ μεταβάλλει. Οἷόν τι λέγω· Ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ ἐνταῦθα ἀλώπηξ αἱρετικὸς, ποιῶ τοῦτον πρόβατον· ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ λύκος, ποιῶ αὐτὸν ἀρνίον τὸ ἐμὸν μέρος· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ βούληται, οὐδὲν παρ' ἐμὲ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀγνωμοσύνην· ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς δώδεκα εἶχε μαθητὰς, καὶ εἷς προδότης ἐγένετο, ἀλλ' οὐ παρὰ τὸν Χριστὸν, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν διεφθαρμένην γνώμην ἐκείνου· ἐπεὶ καὶ ὁ Ἐλισσαῖος εἶχε μαθητὴν φιλάργυρον, ἀλλ' οὐ παρὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ διδασκάλου, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν ῥᾳθυμίαν τοῦ μαθητοῦ.","english":"I wrestle with the heretic, that I may make you also athletes, that you may not only chant but also, by your discourse, sew up their tongue. What then does the prophet say? \"With my voice I cried out to the Lord, with my voice I besought God.\"\n\nPay attention: does the saying seem to have no basis for wrestling? See how I weave the crown and the subject of the contests. \"With my voice I cried out to the Lord, with my voice I besought God.\" Here call the heretic to me, whether he is present or not present. For if he is present, let him be taught by our voice; if he is not present, let him learn through your hearing. But, as I said, I do not drive him away when present, but I receive him when driven away, not by us, but by his own conscience, according to the saying, \"The impious man flees though no one pursues.\" The Church is the mother of her own children, receiving them and spreading her bosom to strangers. Noah's ark was a common theater, but the Church is better than that. For that one received irrational creatures and kept them irrational; this one receives irrational creatures and transforms them. What I mean is this: if a heretic fox enters here, I make this one a sheep; if a wolf enters, I make it my lamb; but if he does not wish it, it is nothing on my part, but on account of his own obstinacy. For Christ also had twelve disciples, and one became a traitor, but not on account of Christ, but on account of that one's corrupted mind; for Elisha also had a disciple who was avaricious, but not on account of the teacher's weakness, but on account of the disciple's negligence.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην","severity":"info","text":"This is a citation of Psalm 141:2 (LXX). Chrysostom uses it as a prooftext for his argument about vocal prayer and engagement with heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Φεύγει ὁ ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος","severity":"info","text":"A proverbial saying, possibly echoing Proverbs 28:1 or a similar wisdom text, used to describe the heretic's self-condemnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Παλαίω γὰρ μετὰ τοῦ αἱρετικοῦ","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom employs athletic imagery (wrestling) to frame theological debate as a contest, a common trope in his homilies against heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"Κοινὸν θέατρον ἡ κιβωτὸς ἡ τοῦ Νῶε","severity":"info","text":"The comparison of the Church to Noah's ark, which receives and transforms irrational creatures, is a patristic topos; Chrysostom adapts it to argue for the Church's inclusive and transformative power.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πρόσχες· μὴ δοκεῖ ἔχειν ἀφορμὴν παλαισμάτων τὸ ῥηθέν;","severity":"info","text":"This rhetorical question marks a transition from citation to exegesis, as Chrysostom announces his intention to 'weave the crown' of argument from the psalm verse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ ἐνταῦθα ἀλώπηξ αἱρετικὸς, ποιῶ τοῦτον πρόβατον","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of transforming heretical animals (fox, wolf) into sheep or lambs reflects Chrysostom's pastoral strategy of conversion through persuasion, not exclusion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the proverb 'Φεύγει ὁ ἀσεβὴς μηδενὸς διώκοντος' is uncertain; it may be a loose citation or a common saying.","The identity of the 'heretic' is not specified; Chrysostom may be addressing a specific group (e.g., Arians) or using a generic term."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Ἐγὼ καταβάλλω τὰ σπέρματα ἐὰν γῆ λιπαρὰ ᾖς δεχομένη τὰ σπέρματα, καὶ τὸν στάχυν ἀποδίδως· ἐὰν δὲ ᾖς πέτρα ἄγονος, οὐδὲν παρ' ἐμέ· ἐάν τε ἀκούσῃς, ἐάν τε μὴ ἀκούσῃς, οὐ παύσομαί σοι ἐπᾴδων ᾠδὴν πνευματικὴν, καταντλῶν τὰ τραύματα, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσω κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην· Πονηρὲ δοῦλε, ἔδει σε καταβαλεῖν τὸ ἀργύριόν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς τραπεζίτας. Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα· φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην.\n\nγʹ. Τί λέγεις, αἱρετικέ; περὶ τίνος λέγει ὁ προφήτης, καὶ τίνα καλεῖ Κύριον καὶ Θεόν; περὶ ἑνὸς γὰρ προσώπου ὁ λόγος. Ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ παραγραφόμενοι τὰς Γραφὰς κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν κεφαλῆς, καὶ ζητοῦντες ἀεὶ λήμματα κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίας,\n\nοὐκ αἰσθάνονται εἰς βάραθρον ἀπωλείας ἑαυτοὺς ὠθοῦντες· τὸν γὰρ Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ οὔτε ὁ εὐφημῶν ἐνδοξότερον ποιεῖ, οὔτε ὁ βλασφημῶν βλάπτει· οὐ γὰρ χρείαν ἔχει ἡ ἀσώματος οὐσία τῆς ἡμετέρας εὐφημίας, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ ὁ τὸν ἥλιον λέγων φαιδρὸν, οὐ προστίθησιν αὐτοῦ τῷ φωτὶ, οὐδὲ ὁ σκοτεινὸν λέγων μειοῖ αὐτοῦ τὴν οὐσίαν, ἀλλὰ τῆς οἰκείας πηρώσεως ἐκφέρει δεῖγμα τὴν ψῆφον· οὕτως ὁ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ λέγων Υἱὸν ἀλλὰ κτίσμα, τῆς οἰκείας μανίας ἐκφέρει ἀπόδειξιν, ὁ δὲ ἐπιγινώσκων αὐτοῦ τὴν οὐσίαν, τὴν οἰκείαν εὐγνωμοσύνην ἐπιδείκνυται· καὶ οὔτε οὗτος αὐτὸν ὠφελεῖ, οὔτε ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸν βλάπτει, ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν κατὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίας, ὁ δὲ ὑπὲρ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίας ἀγωνίζεται. Ἀλλ' ὅπερ ἔλεγον, παραγραφόμενοι τὰς Γραφὰς, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα παρατρέχουσι, ζητοῦσι δὲ, εἴ που εὕροιεν λῆμμα δοκοῦν τι συντρέχειν αὐτῶν τῷ νοσήματι. Καὶ μή μοι λέγε ὅτι ἡ Γραφὴ αἰτία·","english":"I sow the seeds; if you are fertile ground receiving the seeds, you yield the ear of grain; but if you are a barren rock, it is nothing to me. Whether you hear or whether you do not hear, I will not cease singing to you a spiritual song, pouring out the healing on your wounds, so that I may not hear on that day: \"Wicked servant, you should have deposited my money with the bankers.\" With my voice I cried out to the Lord; with my voice I besought God.\n\n3. What are you saying, heretic? About whom does the prophet speak, and whom does he call Lord and God? For the speech is about one person. For they, misinterpreting the Scriptures to their own heads, and always seeking pretexts against their own salvation, do not perceive that they are thrusting themselves into an abyss of destruction. For neither does the one who praises the Son of God make him more glorious, nor does the one who blasphemes harm him; for the incorporeal essence has no need of our praise, but just as the one who calls the sun bright does not add to its light, nor does the one who calls it dark diminish its essence, but brings forth a proof of his own blindness in his judgment, so the one who does not call the Son of God Son but a creature brings forth a demonstration of his own madness, while the one who recognizes his essence displays his own gratitude. And neither does this one benefit him, nor does that one harm him, but the one contends against his own salvation, the other for his own salvation. But, as I was saying, misinterpreting the Scriptures, they pass over other things and seek if anywhere they might find a pretext that seems to concur with their disease. And do not tell me that the Scripture is the cause.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα· φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην","severity":"info","text":"This is a citation of Psalm 141:2 (LXX). Chrysostom uses it to challenge heretical interpretations of the divine names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"παραγραφόμενοι","severity":"info","text":"The verb παραγράφομαι means 'to misinterpret' or 'to distort' in writing. Chrysostom accuses heretics of misreading Scripture to support their views.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τραπεζίτας","severity":"info","text":"The reference to depositing money with bankers (τραπεζίτας) is a metaphor for proper stewardship, echoing a parable or common financial imagery in Chrysostom's preaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"γʹ","severity":"info","text":"The numeral γʹ (3) marks a new section, likely a third argument or homiletic point in the discourse against heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὥσπερ ὁ τὸν ἥλιον λέγων φαιδρὸν","severity":"info","text":"The analogy of the sun's brightness independent of human praise is a common patristic trope, used by Athanasius and others to argue that heresy does not affect divine essence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Πονηρὲ δοῦλε, ἔδει σε καταβαλεῖν τὸ ἀργύριόν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς τραπεζίτας","severity":"caution","text":"This phrase may be a direct quotation from a lost source or a rhetorical invention; its exact scriptural or parabiblical origin is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'heretic' addressed is not specified; likely an Arian or Pneumatomachian opponent, but the text does not name them.","The phrase 'Wicked servant...' may be a paraphrase of a parable (e.g., the Parable of the Talents) but is not a verbatim biblical citation."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"οὐχὶ ἡ Γραφὴ αἰτία, ἀλλ' ἡ ἀγνωμοσύνη αὐτῶν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ μέλι γλυκύ ἐστιν, ἀλλ' ὁ νοσῶν πικρὸν αὐτὸ νομίζει· ἀλλ' οὐ τοῦ μέλιτος τὸ ἔγκλημα, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἀῤῥωστίας ἡ κατηγορία. Οὕτω καὶ οἱ μαινόμενοι τὰ ὁρώμενα οὐ βλέπουσιν, ἀλλ' οὐ τῶν ὁρωμένων τὸ ἔγκλημα, ἀλλὰ τοῦ μαινομένου ἡ διεφθαρμένη γνώμη. Ἐποίησε τὸν οὐρανὸν ὁ Θεὸς, ἵνα ἴδωμεν τὸ ἔργον, καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν τῷ Δημιουργῷ, ἀλλ' οἱ Ἕλληνες ἐθεοποίησαν τὸ ἔργον· ἀλλ' οὐ τὸ ἔργον αἴτιον, ἀλλ' ἡ ἐκείνων ἀγνωμοσύνη· καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ μὲν ἀγνώμων παρ' οὐδενὸς ὠφελεῖται, οὕτως ὁ εὐγνώμων καὶ παρ' ἑαυτοῦ ὠφελεῖται. Τί τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἴσον; καὶ οὐκ ὠφελήθη ὁ Ἰούδας. Τί τοῦ διαβόλου πονηρότερον; καὶ ἐστεφανώθη ὁ Ἰώβ· καὶ οὔτε τὸν Ἰούδαν ὠφέλησεν ὁ Χριστὸς, ἐπειδὴ ἀγνώμων ἦν, οὔτε τὸν Ἰὼβ ἔβλαψεν ὁ διάβολος, ἐπειδὴ εὐγνώμων ἦν.\n\nΤαῦτα λέγω, ἵνα μηδεὶς τὰς Γραφὰς διαβάλλῃ, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγνωμοσύνην τῶν τὰ καλῶς εἰρημένα κακῶς ἑρμηνευόντων. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ διάβολος ἀπὸ Γραφῶν τῷ Χριστῷ διελέγετο. Ἀλλ' οὐχ ἡ Γραφὴ αἰτία, ἀλλ' ἡ διάνοια ἡ τὰ καλῶς εἰρημένα κακῶς ἑρμηνεύουσα. Θέλοντες γὰρ δεῖξαι τὸν Υἱὸν ἐλάττονα τοῦ Πατρὸς, περιέρχονται ὀνόματα ξένα περιεργαζόμενοι, καὶ λέγουσιν εἰς τὸ, Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος, ὡς ὁ Πατὴρ Θεὸς, ὁ δὲ Υἱὸς Κύριος, καὶ διαιροῦσι τὰ ὀνόματα, καὶ προσνέμουσι τὸ μὲν Θεὸς τῷ Πατρὶ, τὸ δὲ Κύριος τῷ Υἱῷ, ὡς διαιρέται ὄντες τῆς θεότητος καὶ κληροδόται. Λέγει τῷ Υἱῷ τὸ Κύριος ἡ Γραφή; ταῦτα λέγει; Πῶς οὐκ ἤκουσας τοῦ ψαλμοῦ πρὸς ἓν πρόσωπον λέγοντος σήμερον, Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην;","english":"It is not the Scripture that is to blame, but their ingratitude; for honey is sweet, but the sick person considers it bitter—yet the fault is not the honey's, but the sickness is to be accused. So too, those who are mad do not see what is visible, but the fault is not of the visible things, but of the corrupted judgment of the madman. God made the heaven that we might see the work and worship the Creator, but the Greeks deified the work; yet the work is not the cause, but their ingratitude. And just as the ungrateful person benefits from no one, so the grateful person benefits even from himself. What is equal to Christ? Yet Judas did not benefit. What is more wicked than the devil? Yet Job was crowned. And neither did Christ benefit Judas, because he was ungrateful, nor did the devil harm Job, because he was grateful.\n\nI say these things so that no one may slander the Scriptures, but rather the ingratitude of those who interpret well-spoken things badly. For even the devil argued with Christ from the Scriptures. But it is not the Scripture that is to blame, but the mind that interprets well-spoken things badly. For wishing to show the Son as lesser than the Father, they go about busying themselves with foreign names and say regarding \"God and Lord\" that the Father is God, but the Son is Lord, and they divide the names, assigning \"God\" to the Father and \"Lord\" to the Son, as though they were dividers and inheritors of the divinity. Does Scripture say \"Lord\" to the Son? Does it say these things? How have you not heard the psalm speaking to one person today: \"With my voice I cried out to the Lord, with my voice I prayed to God\"?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀγνωμοσύνη","severity":"info","text":"The term 'ingratitude' (ἀγνωμοσύνη) is a key moral concept in Chrysostom, denoting willful ignorance or unresponsiveness to divine truth.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰούδας ... Ἰώβ","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom contrasts Judas (betrayer of Christ) and Job (patient sufferer) to illustrate that ingratitude nullifies even Christ's benefit, while gratitude overcomes the devil's harm.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἕλληνες","severity":"info","text":"Here 'Greeks' (Ἕλληνες) refers to pagans, who deified the created world (heaven) rather than worshiping the Creator, a common patristic critique.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"διαιρέται ... κληροδόται","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom attacks Arian or Eunomian opponents who divide divine titles (God vs. Lord) to subordinate the Son, calling them 'dividers and inheritors' of divinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐδεήθην","severity":"info","text":"This is a loose citation of Psalm 142:1 (LXX), where the psalmist uses 'Lord' and 'God' interchangeably, supporting Chrysostom's argument against dividing the titles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"σήμερον","severity":"caution","text":"The word 'today' (σήμερον) may be a scribal insertion or rhetorical flourish; it does not appear in the standard LXX text of Psalm 142:1.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'σήμερον' (today) in the psalm citation is not in the LXX; it may be a rhetorical addition or a textual variant.","The identity of the opponents (Arians or Eunomians) is implied but not explicitly named."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Οὐκοῦν καὶ Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει. Τίνα βούλει Θεὸν εἶναι, τὸν Υἱὸν, ἢ τὸν Πατέρα; Πάντως τὸν Πατέρα ἐρεῖς τὰ ὀνόματα ταῦτα. Οὐκοῦν Θεὸς ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ Κύριος ὁ Πατήρ. Τί οὖν διαιρεῖς τὰ ὀνόματα, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐκεῖ προσρίπτεις, τὸ δὲ ἐνταῦθα διαιρεῖς; Καὶ ὁ Παῦλος δὲ λέγει εἴθε ἤκουες Παύλου, καὶ μακάριος ἦς· Ἀλλ' ἡμῖν εἷς Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ εἷς Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα. Μὴ ἐκάλεσε τὸν Υἱὸν Θεόν; ἀλλὰ τί; Κύριον. Τί γὰρ, εἰπέ μοι, τὸ Θεὸς σεμνότερον τοῦ Κύριος, καὶ τὸ Κύριος ἔλαττον τοῦ Θεός; Συντείνατε ἑαυτοὺς, παρακαλῶ, μετὰ ἀκριβείας· ἐὰν οὖν δείξω, ὅτι ἕν ἐστι τὸ Κύριος καὶ τὸ Θεὸς, τί λέγεις; Λέγεις τὸ Θεὸς μεῖζον, τὸ δὲ Κύριος ἔλαττον; Ἄκουσον τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· Οὗτος Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανόν· οὗτος Θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὴν γῆν· Κύριος τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τὴν γῆν· οὗτος ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ προσώπου καὶ τὸ Κύριος καὶ τὸ Θεὸς τέθεικε. Καὶ πάλιν· Ἄκουε, Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι. Δεύτερον τὸ Κύριος, καὶ ἅπαξ τὸ Θεός· καὶ πρῶτον τὸ Κύριος, καὶ τότε τὸ Θεὸς, καὶ πάλιν τὸ Κύριος. Εἰ δὲ τοῦτο καταδεέστερον, ἐκεῖνο δὲ μεῖζον, οὐκ ἐπὶ μεγάλης οὐσίας καὶ μείζονος τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἔλαττον τέθεικε πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ τὸ μεῖζον εἰπὼν ἠρκέσθη, καὶ οὐκ ἂν προσέῤῥιψε τὸ ἔλαττον. Ἆρα συνήκατε ὃ εἶπον; Πάλιν παιδεύω· οὐ γὰρ θέατρόν ἐστι πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν, ἀλλὰ διδασκαλία πρὸς κατάνυξιν, οὐχ ἵνα ἄοπλοι ἀπέλθητε, ἀλλ' ἵνα ὁπλισθέντες","english":"Therefore he also calls him Lord and God. Whom do you wish to be God, the Son or the Father? Surely you will say that these names belong to the Father. Therefore the Son is God, and the Father is Lord. Why then do you divide the names, casting one there and dividing the other here? And Paul says—if only you had listened to Paul, you would be blessed. But to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things. Did he not call the Son God? But what? He called him Lord. For tell me, is God more august than Lord, and Lord less than God? Apply yourselves, I beg you, with precision. If then I show that Lord and God are one, what do you say? Do you say that God is greater and Lord lesser? Listen to the prophet saying: This is the Lord who made the heaven; this is the God who fashioned the earth; Lord for the heaven, and God for the earth; he has placed both Lord and God for the same person. And again: Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one. The Lord appears twice, and God once; and first the Lord, then God, and again the Lord. If this is inferior and that superior, he would not have placed the lesser first for a great substance and a greater meaning, but having spoken the greater he would have been satisfied, and would not have added the lesser. Do you understand what I have said? I instruct again; for this is not a theater for display, but a teaching for compunction, not that you go away unarmed, but that you go away armed.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὐκοῦν καὶ Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom argues that the titles 'Lord' and 'God' are interchangeable, using scriptural examples to counter those who would assign them exclusively to different persons of the Trinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"εἷς Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ ... εἷς Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς","severity":"info","text":"This echoes 1 Corinthians 8:6, a key Pauline formula distinguishing God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ, which Chrysostom uses to challenge his audience's interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἄκουε, Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), the central Jewish confession of monotheism, which Chrysostom adapts to support his argument about the unity of divine titles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν ... πρὸς κατάνυξιν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom contrasts rhetorical display (epideixis) with compunction (katanyxis), a key homiletic distinction: his sermons aim at moral and spiritual transformation, not entertainment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Πάλιν παιδεύω","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a rhetorical restart, typical of Chrysostom's interactive style, as he re-engages the audience after a complex theological argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὗτος Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανόν· οὗτος Θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὴν γῆν","severity":"caution","text":"The source of this quotation is uncertain; it may be a loose citation or a conflation of Psalm verses, not a direct scriptural quote, so its authority is rhetorical rather than textual.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear, but the identity of the 'prophet' cited is ambiguous; Chrysostom may be paraphrasing or combining several Old Testament passages."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"ἀναχωρήσητε. Τὸ Θεὸς λέγεις, αἱρετικὲ, μεῖζον, καὶ τὸ Κύριος ἔλαττον; Ἔδειξά σοι τὸν προφήτην λέγοντα· Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν, Θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὴν γῆν. Δείκνυμί σοι πάλιν τὸν Μωσέα λέγοντα· Ἄκουε, Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι. Πῶς εἷς, εἰ δύο εἰσὶ τὰ ὀνόματα, τὸ μὲν ἐλάττονος, τὸ δὲ μείζονος οὐσίας; Οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἡ οὐσία μείζων ἑαυτῆς καὶ ἐλάττων ἀλλ' ἴση καὶ συνημμένη· Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι· καὶ δεικνύω σοι, ὅτι τὸ ὄνομα τὸ Κύριος, τοῦτό ἐστι Θεός· ὅλως δὲ, εἰ καταδεέστερον τὸ Κύριος, τὸ δὲ Θεὸς μεῖζον, ποῖον ὤφειλεν αὐτοῦ ὄνομα εἶναι; Τὸ Κύριος τὸ μικρότερον, ἢ τὸ Θεὸς τὸ μεῖζον; Ἐὰν εἴπῃ· Ποῖον ὄνομά μου; τί λέγεις, ὦ αἱρετικέ; λέγεις ὅτι τὸ Κύριος τοῦ Υἱοῦ, τὸ δὲ Θεὸς τοῦ Πατρὸς, ὡς οἰκειότερον; Ἐὰν οὖν σοι δείξω τὸ Κύριος τὸ μικρὸν γνωριστικὸν αὐτοῦ, τί ποιεῖς; Γνώτωσαν ὅτι ὄνομά σοι Κύριος, ὁ προφήτης λέγει· μὴ εἶπε· Θεός; Καίτοι εἰ μεῖζον τὸ Θεὸς, διὰ τί οὐκ εἶπεν ὁ προφήτης, Γνώτωσαν ὅτι ὄνομά σοι Θεός; Εἰ γὰρ τὸ μὲν ἴδιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οἰκεῖον τὸ Θεὸς, ἀλλότριον δὲ αὐτοῦ ὡς καταδεέστερον τὸ Κύριος, διὰ τί εἶπε· Γνώτωσαν ὅτι ὄνομά σοι Κύριος, τὸ μικρὸν, τὸ ἔλαττον, τὸ καταδεέστερον τῆς ἀξίας, καὶ οὐ λέγει ἐκεῖνο τὸ μέγα καὶ ὑψηλὸν, τὸ ἄξιον τῆς οὐσίας; Καὶ ἵνα μάθῃς, ὅτι τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστι μικρὸν, οὐδὲ καταδεέστερον, ἀλλὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει ἰσχύν· Γνώτωσαν ὅτι ὄνομά σοι Κύριος· σὺ μόνος ὕψιστος ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν.","english":"withdraw. Do you say, heretic, that \"God\" is greater and \"Lord\" lesser? I showed you the prophet saying: \"Lord who made the heaven, God who fashioned the earth.\" I show you again Moses saying: \"Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one.\" How is he one, if there are two names, one of a lesser and one of a greater essence? For the essence is not greater than itself and lesser, but equal and united: \"The Lord your God, the Lord is one.\" And I show you that the name \"Lord\" is the same as \"God.\" In general, if \"Lord\" is inferior and \"God\" greater, which should be his name? The lesser \"Lord\" or the greater \"God\"? If he says: \"What is my name?\" what do you say, heretic? Do you say that \"Lord\" belongs to the Son and \"God\" to the Father, as more proper? If then I show you that the small \"Lord\" is his identifier, what will you do? \"Let them know that your name is Lord,\" the prophet says; did he not say \"God\"? Yet if \"God\" is greater, why did the prophet not say, \"Let them know that your name is God\"? For if \"God\" is his own and proper, and \"Lord\" is alien to him as inferior, why did he say: \"Let them know that your name is Lord,\" the small, the lesser, the more unworthy of his dignity, and he does not say that great and lofty one, worthy of his essence? And so that you may learn that this is not small nor inferior, but has the same force: \"Let them know that your name is Lord; you alone are most high over all the earth.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν, Θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὴν γῆν","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of LXX Psalm 113:24 (Psalm 113:24 LXX), where the Lord is said to have made heaven and earth. Chrysostom adapts it to contrast the titles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἄκουε, Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι","severity":"info","text":"This echoes the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4 LXX), but Chrysostom modifies the wording to emphasize the unity of the divine names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Κύριος","severity":"info","text":"In the LXX, 'Kyrios' translates the Tetragrammaton and is a divine title. Chrysostom argues it is not inferior to 'Theos' but equivalent, countering Arian subordinationism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Θεός","severity":"info","text":"Theos is the standard Greek term for God. Chrysostom insists it is not a higher title than Kyrios, rejecting the Arian claim that 'God' refers to the Father and 'Lord' to the Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"αἱρετικὲ","severity":"info","text":"The heretic addressed is likely an Arian or Eunomian, who distinguished the divine names to subordinate the Son. Chrysostom's polemic reflects 4th-century Trinitarian debates.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a rhetorical dialogue: Chrysostom poses questions to an imaginary heretic, then refutes him with scriptural citations and logical argument, a common homiletic technique.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact scriptural source of the first citation is unclear; it may be a conflation of Psalm 113:24 and other passages. The Shema citation is adapted, not verbatim from the LXX."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"δʹ. Ἀλλ' ἔτι οὐκ ἀφίστασαι τῆς μάχης, ἀλλὰ λέγεις πάλιν τὸ Θεὸς μεῖζον, τὸ δὲ Κύριος ἔλαττον. Ἐὰν οὖν δείξω τὸν Υἱὸν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ μείζονι καλούμενον, τί λέγεις; καταλύεις τὴν μάχην; ἀφίστασαι τῆς φιλονεικίας; ἐπιγινώσκεις σου τὴν σωτηρίαν; ἀπαλλάττῃ τῆς μανίας; συνῆκας τί εἶπον; ἐπειδὴ τὸ Κύριος ὄνομα τῷ Υἱῷ προσρίπτουσι, τὸ δὲ Θεὸς τῷ Πατρὶ ὡς μεῖζον. Ἐὰν οὖν δείξω σοι τῷ μείζονι ὀνόματι τῷ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν καλούμενον, λέλυται ἡ μάχη· τοῖς γὰρ ὅπλοις σοῖς σε χειροῦμαι, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς πτεροῖς περιγίνομαί σου. Σὺ εἶπας, ὅτι τὸ Θεὸς μεῖζον, τὸ δὲ Κύριος ἔλαττον· βούλομαι δεῖξαι, ὅτι τὸ ἔλαττον οὐχ ἥρμοζε τῷ Πατρὶ, εἰ μείζων ἦν, καὶ τὸ μεῖζον οὐχ ἥρμοζε τῷ Υἱῷ, εἰ ἐλάττων ἦν ὁ Υἱός. Ἄκουσον τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· Οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, οὐ λογισθήσεται ἕτερος πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐξεῦρε πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης· μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ γῆς ὤφθη, καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη. Τί λέγεις πρὸς τοῦτο; ἀντιλέγεις τοῖς ῥήμασι τούτοις; Ἀλλ' οὐ δύνασαι· μένει γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια τὴν οἰκείαν λαμπηδόνα ἐκπέμπουσα, καὶ τυφλοῦσα τὰς τῶν αἱρετικῶν ὄψεις τῶν μὴ θελόντων αὐτῇ πιστεῦσαι.","english":"4. But still you do not withdraw from the battle, but you say again that \"God\" is greater and \"Lord\" lesser. If, then, I show the Son called by the greater name, what do you say? Do you dissolve the battle? Do you withdraw from the contention? Do you recognize your salvation? Do you cease from your madness? Do you understand what I said? Since they assign the name \"Lord\" to the Son, and \"God\" to the Father as greater. If, then, I show you the Son called by the greater name \"God,\" the battle is dissolved; for I overcome you with your own weapons, and I prevail over you with your own wings. You said that \"God\" is greater and \"Lord\" lesser; I wish to show that the lesser did not suit the Father, if he was greater, and the greater did not suit the Son, if the Son was lesser. Hear the prophet saying: \"This is our God; no other shall be reckoned beside him; he discovered every path of knowledge; after this he appeared on earth and consorted with men.\" What do you say to this? Do you contradict these words? But you cannot; for the truth remains, sending forth its own radiance and blinding the eyes of heretics who do not wish to believe it.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"δʹ. Ἀλλ' ἔτι οὐκ ἀφίστασαι τῆς μάχης","severity":"info","text":"The passage continues the rhetorical pattern of the previous section, using direct address to a heretic and a series of conditional questions to advance the argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Θεὸς ... Κύριος","severity":"info","text":"The terms 'God' (Θεὸς) and 'Lord' (Κύριος) are treated as names of differing status in the Arian controversy, with Chrysostom arguing they denote equal essence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, οὐ λογισθήσεται ἕτερος πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐξεῦρε πᾶσαν ὁδὸν ἐπιστήμης· μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ γῆς ὤφθη, καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συνανεστράφη","severity":"info","text":"This is a composite citation, likely from Baruch 3:36-38 (LXX), describing God's wisdom appearing on earth, used here to support the Son's divinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῖς σοῖς πτεροῖς περιγίνομαί σου","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor 'with your own wings' (τοῖς σοῖς πτεροῖς) is a classical rhetorical trope (cf. Aeschylus, Frag. 235) used to mean defeating an opponent with their own arguments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν οἰκείαν λαμπηδόνα ἐκπέμπουσα","severity":"info","text":"The image of truth emitting its own radiance and blinding heretics is a common patristic motif, echoing earlier anti-heretical polemic (e.g., Athanasius).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐὰν οὖν δείξω σοι τῷ μείζονι ὀνόματι τῷ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν καλούμενον","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek syntax is slightly compressed; the sense is 'if I show you the Son called by the greater name, God,' but the dative τῷ μείζονι ὀνόματι could be read as instrumental or as indirect object.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact source of the scriptural citation is uncertain; it may be a conflation of Baruch and other wisdom traditions.","The identity of the heretic is not specified, but the argument fits Arian subordinationism."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Εἰ καὶ βαθέα τὰ παλαίσματα, καὶ πολὺ τὸ καῦμα, ἀλλὰ μείζων ὁ λόγος καὶ τῆς δυσχερείας τῶν ἀκουόντων περιγινόμενος, καὶ τὸ καῦμα τῇ δρόσῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας παραμυθεῖται· κἂν ἅπαξ ἢ δεύτερον τῆς ἑβδομάδος συλλεγώμεθα, οὐ δεῖ ῥᾴθυμον εἶναι τὸν ἀκροατήν. Ἐὰν γὰρ ἐξέλθῃς ἐκ τῶν ὧδε, καὶ εἴπῃ σοί τις, τί ὡμίλησεν ὁ διδάσκαλος; εἴπῃς, πρὸς αἱρετικούς· ἐὰν εἴπῃ σοι, τί ὡμίλησε; καὶ μὴ εὕρῃς, αἰσχύνη σοι μεγίστη· ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃς, δάκνεις αὐτὸν, κἄν τε αἱρετικὸς ᾖ, διορθοῖς αὐτὸν, κἄν τε φίλος ᾖ ῥᾴθυμος, ἐφέλκεις αὐτὸν, κἄν τε γυνὴ ἀκόλαστος, σωφρονεστέραν ποιεῖς· καὶ γὰρ καὶ ὑπεύθυνος εἶ τῇ γυναικί· Αἱ γυναῖκες γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ σιγάτωσαν· εἰ δέ τι μανθάνειν θέλουσι, τοὺς ἰδίους ἄνδρας ἐπερωτάτωσαν. Ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, καὶ ἐρωτήσῃ σε ἡ γυνή· Τί ἐκόμισάς μοι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας; εἰπὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν, οὐ κρέας, οὐδὲ οἶνον, οὐδὲ χρυσίον, οὐδὲ κόσμια τὰ τὸ σῶμα καλλωπίζοντα, ἀλλὰ λόγον σοφίζοντα διάνοιαν. Ὅταν εἰσέλθῃς πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, παράθες τὴν τράπεζαν τὴν πνευματικήν· εἰπὲ πρῶτον, ὡς ἔναυλος ἡ μνήμη ἐστίν· Ἀπολαύσωμεν τῶν πνευματικῶν, καὶ τότε ἀπολαύσωμεν τῆς αἰσθητῆς τραπέζης· καὶ γὰρ ἂν οὕτω τὰ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς οἰκονομῶμεν, καὶ τὸν Θεὸν ἕξομεν ἐν τῷ μέσῳ καὶ τὴν τράπεζαν εὐλογοῦντα, καὶ","english":"Even if the struggles are deep and the heat is great, yet the word is greater and overcomes the distaste of the hearers, and the heat is alleviated by the dew of teaching. Even if we gather once or twice a week, the hearer must not be idle. For if you leave this place and someone asks you, \"What did the teacher speak about?\" and you say, \"Against heretics,\" and if he asks you, \"What did he speak?\" and you cannot answer, it is a great shame for you. But if you do answer, you sting him; and if he is a heretic, you correct him; and if he is a careless friend, you draw him in; and if she is a licentious woman, you make her more chaste. For you are also responsible to the woman: \"Let women be silent in church,\" it says, \"but if they wish to learn something, let them ask their own husbands.\" If you enter the house and your wife asks you, \"What have you brought me from church?\" say to her, \"Not meat, nor wine, nor gold, nor ornaments that beautify the body, but a word that refines the mind.\" When you go in to your wife, set forth the spiritual table; speak first, while the memory is still fresh: \"Let us enjoy the spiritual things, and then let us enjoy the material table.\" For if we manage our own affairs in this way, we will have God in our midst, blessing the table, and","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"παλαίσματα","severity":"info","text":"The term 'παλαίσματα' (struggles) likely refers to the intellectual and doctrinal contests against heretics, a common metaphor in Chrysostom's polemical works.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Αἱ γυναῖκες γὰρ, φησὶν, ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ σιγάτωσαν· εἰ δέ τι μανθάνειν θέλουσι, τοὺς ἰδίους ἄνδρας ἐπερωτάτωσαν","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, where Paul instructs women to be silent in church and to ask their husbands at home. Chrysostom adapts it to encourage domestic catechesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς ἑβδομάδος συλλεγώμεθα","severity":"info","text":"The reference to gathering 'once or twice a week' reflects the early Christian practice of weekly assemblies, likely on Sundays and perhaps Wednesdays or Fridays, common in 4th-century Antioch.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰ καὶ ... ἀλλὰ","severity":"info","text":"The passage opens with a concessive clause ('Even if ... yet'), a rhetorical device Chrysostom uses to acknowledge the difficulty of the topic while asserting the power of his teaching to overcome it.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τράπεζαν τὴν πνευματικήν","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of a 'spiritual table' (τράπεζα πνευματική) echoes Chrysostom's frequent contrast between material and spiritual nourishment, a theme influential in later Byzantine homiletics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'κἄν τε αἱρετικὸς ᾖ' could be read as referring to a hypothetical heretic or a specific opponent; the text does not specify. The translation takes it as generic.","The source of the quotation 'Αἱ γυναῖκες γὰρ, φησὶν' is not explicitly named; it is attributed to Paul by context, but the exact wording is Chrysostom's paraphrase."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"ἡμᾶς στεφανοῦντα. Ὑπὲρ δὴ τούτων ἁπάντων εὐχαριστήσωμεν αὐτῷ τῷ Πατρὶ σὺν τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.","english":"crowning us. For all these things, let us give thanks to Him, to the Father together with the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This concluding doxology closes the homily with a trinitarian formula, typical of Chrysostom's liturgical endings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"εὐχαριστήσωμεν","severity":"info","text":"The verb 'let us give thanks' (εὐχαριστήσωμεν) is a hortatory subjunctive, common in liturgical contexts, and echoes the Eucharistic overtones of the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'unto the ages of ages' (εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων) is a biblical expression (e.g., Eph 3:21) used in doxologies to convey eternal duration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This trinitarian doxology reflects the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creedal framework, affirming orthodox theology against Arianism, a key concern in Chrysostom's context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text is clear; no significant ambiguities in this doxological passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}