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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":"2026-11-15T07:12:03Z","cost_usd":0.00765},"source":{"registry_id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-studio-praesentium","work_id":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-studio-praesentium","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%20studio%20praesentium.pdf"},"stats":{"passages":14,"english_words":3546,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":14747,"commentary_units":83,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":1,"ambiguities":17,"work_notes":5,"external_links":1,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-studio-praesentium","abstract":"De studio praesentium is a Greek treatise attributed to John Chrysostom, surviving in a single manuscript tradition with no early independent witnesses. Its attribution rests on stylistic criteria and later ascription, but no external evidence securely dates it. The work is generally assigned to Chrysostom's Antiochene period (c. 386–397) based on thematic parallels with his homilies on the statues, though this remains conjectural. The title is a modern Latin rendering; the original Greek heading is uncertain, and the work may be a fragment or excerpt from a longer homily. It is not cited in Byzantine florilegia or catenae, appears in no early Latin translation, and exercised no detectable influence on later literature.","historical_context":"The work is tentatively placed in late 4th-century Antioch, where Chrysostom served as a presbyter and preacher (c. 386–397). The community was a major Christian center with a vibrant liturgical and ascetic life, and Chrysostom's homilies often addressed moral reform and scriptural engagement. The treatise's emphasis on zeal (σπουδή) versus indolence (ῥᾳθυμία) reflects a common Chrysostomic binary, and its metaphor of an 'unconsumable treasure' for scriptural knowledge echoes Stoic and Cynic commonplaces. The claim that women face no natural impediment in virtue's 'courses' likely alludes to Galatians 3:28 and Chrysostom's own homilies on women's moral capacity. The work's survival in a single manuscript tradition, with no early papyri or catena citations, suggests limited circulation. Its lack of influence on later monastic or ascetic literature further indicates a narrow transmission, possibly as a fragment or excerpt. The present edition (khazarzar) lacks a critical apparatus or stemma, and the Greek text has not been collated against all extant witnesses.","significance":"De studio praesentium is significant as a potential witness to Chrysostom's Antiochene moral teaching, particularly his emphasis on constant hearing as a means of purifying conscience. Its uncertain attribution and fragmentary survival highlight the challenges of reconstructing the Chrysostomic corpus. The work's thematic parallels with his homilies on the statues offer a possible context, but its lack of external attestation limits its value for historical reconstruction.","timeline":[{"date":"c. 386–397","event":"Probable composition during Chrysostom's Antiochene period, based on thematic parallels with his homilies on the statues."},{"date":"4th–5th c.","event":"Manuscript transmission begins; no early papyri or independent witnesses survive."},{"date":"Byzantine period","event":"Work not cited in known florilegia or catenae; no early Latin translation."},{"date":"Modern era","event":"Title De studio praesentium assigned as a modern Latin rendering; original Greek heading uncertain."},{"date":"Undated","event":"Present edition (khazarzar) published without critical apparatus or stemma."}],"relations":[{"work":"Homilies on the Statues","relation":"Thematic parallels suggest a possible Antiochene context for De studio praesentium.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Galatians 3:28","relation":"Allusion to women's moral capacity in virtue's 'courses' likely references this verse.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Chrysostom's Homilies on Women","relation":"Echoes Chrysostom's broader teaching on women's moral capacity.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Stoic and Cynic Commonplaces","relation":"Metaphor of 'unconsumable treasure' for scriptural knowledge echoes these traditions.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:John Chrysostom","label":"John Chrysostom","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom","reason":"Provides context on the author's life and works."}],"cautions":["Attribution to Chrysostom is based on stylistic criteria and later manuscript ascription, not external evidence.","Date is conjectural; assigned to Antiochene period (c. 386–397) but no secure evidence.","Title De studio praesentium is a modern Latin rendering; original Greek heading uncertain.","Work may be a fragment or excerpt from a longer homily, not a self-standing treatise.","Survives in a single manuscript tradition with no early papyri or independent witnesses.","Not cited in Byzantine florilegia or catenae; no early Latin translation; no detectable influence on later literature."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000511,"generated":"2026-11-15T07:12:03Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/John%20Chrysostom_PG%2047-64/De%20studio%20praesentium.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-john-chrysostom-de-studio-praesentium","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":14,"translated":14,"commentary_passages":14,"commentary_units":83,"english_words":3546,"source_letters":14742,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work survives only in a single manuscript tradition, with no early papyri or independent witnesses. 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The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other 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":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"1 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"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":"ΟΜΙΛΙΑ Εʹ.\n\nΤοῦ αὐτοῦ ὁμιλία, λεχθεῖσα ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῆς ἁγίας Εἰρήνης, ὑπέρ τε τῆς σπουδῆς τῶν παρόντων καὶ ῥᾳθυμίας τῶν ἀπολειφθέντων, καὶ περὶ τοῦ ψάλλειν, καὶ περὶ τοῦ μηδὲν εἶναι κώλυμα γυναιξὶ τὴν φύσιν πρὸς τοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆς δρόμους.\n\nαʹ. Ὡς ἡδίστη ἡ τῶν Γραφῶν ἀνάγνωσις, καὶ λειμῶνος παντὸς ἡδίων καὶ παραδείσου τερπνοτέρα, καὶ μάλιστα ὅταν γνῶσις τῇ ἀναγνώσει πρόσκειται. Λειμὼν μὲν γὰρ, καὶ ἀνθῶν κάλλη, καὶ δένδρων κόμαι, καὶ ῥόδον καὶ κιττὸς καὶ μυρίνη τέρπει τὴν ὄψιν, καὶ ὀλίγων παρελθουσῶν ἡμερῶν μαραίνεται· Γραφῶν δὲ γνῶσις τειχίζει τὴν διάνοιαν, καθαίρει τὸ συνειδὸς, ἀνασπᾷ τὰ ἀνελεύθερα πάθη, φυτεύει τὴν ἀρετὴν, μετάρσιον ποιεῖ τὸν λογισμὸν, οὐκ ἀφίησι ταῖς ἀδοκήτοις τῶν πραγμάτων βαπτίζεσθαι περιστάσεσιν, ὑψηλοτέρους καθίστησι τῶν τοῦ διαβόλου βελῶν, πρὸς αὐτὸν μετοικίζει τὸν οὐρανὸν, ἀπολύει τὴν ψυχὴν τῶν συνδέσμων τοῦ σώματος, κοῦφα ἐργάζεται τὰ πτερὰ, καὶ πᾶν ὅπερ ἂν εἴπῃ τις ἀγαθὸν, εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀκροατῶν εἰσοικίζει διάνοιαν. Διὸ καὶ τοὺς ἀπολιμπανομένους οὐ παύομαι ταλανίζων, καὶ τοὺς παραγενομένους μακαρίζων, ὅτι δὴ Θησαυρὸν συλλέγετε ἀνάλωτον καὶ πλοῦτον ἀδαπάνητον καὶ περιουσίαν φθόνον οὐκ ἔχουσαν, καὶ πολλῆς ἐμπλησθέντες τῆς εὐφροσύνης οἴκαδε ἀναχωρεῖτε. Οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτως ἡδονὴν ποιεῖν δύναιτ' ἂν, ὡς συνειδὸς καθαρόν· γίνεται δὲ καθαρὸν συνειδὸς, κἂν μυρίοις ἁμαρτήμασιν ᾖ βεβαρημένον, ἀκροάσεως συνεχοῦς ἀπολαῦον.","english":"Homily 5.\n\nA homily by the same author, delivered in the church of Saint Eirene, concerning both the zeal of those present and the indolence of those absent, and about psalmody, and about the fact that there is no impediment for women by nature in the courses of virtue.\n\n1. How most pleasant is the reading of the Scriptures, more pleasant than any meadow and more delightful than a garden, especially when knowledge is joined to the reading. For a meadow, with its beauty of flowers, the foliage of trees, the rose, the ivy, and the myrtle, delights the eye, and after a few days have passed, it withers; but knowledge of the Scriptures fortifies the mind, purifies the conscience, uproots the ignoble passions, plants virtue, elevates the reason, does not allow one to be overwhelmed by unexpected circumstances, renders one superior to the arrows of the devil, transports one to heaven itself, releases the soul from the bonds of the body, makes the wings light, and every good thing one might mention it instills into the mind of the hearers. Therefore I never cease to lament those who are absent and to count you who are present blessed, because you are gathering a treasure that cannot be consumed, a wealth that cannot be spent, a possession that knows no envy, and having been filled with much joy, you depart home. For nothing could produce such pleasure as a pure conscience; and a conscience becomes pure, even if it is weighed down by countless sins, when it enjoys constant hearing.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ΟΜΙΛΙΑ Εʹ","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'Homily 5' marks this as the fifth in a series, though the collection's order may not be authorial.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῆς ἁγίας Εἰρήνης","severity":"info","text":"The church of Saint Eirene in Constantinople was a major Constantinian foundation, often used for synods and liturgical gatherings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"σπουδῆς ... ῥᾳθυμίας","severity":"info","text":"The antithesis 'zeal' (σπουδή) and 'indolence' (ῥᾳθυμία) is a recurring Chrysostomic moral binary, contrasting active virtue with negligent passivity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Θησαυρὸν ... ἀνάλωτον","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of an 'unconsumable treasure' for scriptural knowledge echoes Stoic and Cynic commonplaces about the incorruptibility of virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"οὐδὲν ... κώλυμα γυναιξὶ ... πρὸς τοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆς δρόμους","severity":"info","text":"The claim that women face no natural impediment in virtue's 'courses' (δρόμους) likely alludes to Galatians 3:28 and Chrysostom's own homilies on women's moral capacity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀκροάσεως συνεχοῦς","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's emphasis on 'constant hearing' as purifying conscience reflects the late antique valorization of liturgical attendance as a means of moral formation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ὑπέρ τε τῆς σπουδῆς ... καὶ ῥᾳθυμίας' could be read as a single topic or two separate concerns; the translation treats them as parallel."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Οὐδὲ γὰρ τοῖς προτέροις προστίθησι πλημμελήμασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ὄντα δαπανᾷ, καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὀκνηροτέραν καθίστησι πρὸς τὸ τοῖς αὐτοῖς πάλιν ἐπιχειρεῖν πράγμασι. Διὰ δὴ τοῦτο παρακαλῶ τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀγάπην ταῦτα συνεχῶς ἐπᾴδειν τοῖς ἀπολιμπανομένοις, καὶ ταχέως αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν ἐπαναγαγεῖν μητέρα, καὶ κοινωνοὺς τῶν κερδῶν ποιεῖν τῶν πνευματικῶν· οὐ γὰρ μείωσίν τινα, ἀλλὰ πλεονασμὸν ἡ κοινωνία αὕτη κατασκευάζει. Ἀλλ', ὢ τῆς τῶν χρημάτων τυραννίδος! ἢ τοὺς πλείους ἀποβουκολεῖ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τῶν ἡμετέρων· οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν αὐτοὺς τὸ ἐντεῦθεν ἀπάγον, ἢ τὸ χαλεπὸν νόσημα ἐκεῖνο καὶ ἡ μηδέποτε σβεννυμένη κάμινος· αὕτη ἡ δέσποινα καὶ βαρβάρου πάσης βαρβαρικωτέρα, καὶ θηρίου χαλεπωτέρα, καὶ δαιμόνων ἀγριωτέρα, τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους λαμβάνουσα τοὺς ἑαυτῆς, περιφέρει νῦν κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν, χαλεπὰ ἐπιτάττουσα ἐπιτάγματα, καὶ οὐδὲ μικρὸν ἀναπνεῦσαι συγχωροῦσα τῶν ὀλεθρίων πόνων. Ἀλλὰ τί ποιήσουσιν, ὅταν ἡμέρα παραγένηται ἡ φοβερὰ, ἡ ψῆφος ἡ ἀδέκαστος, καὶ ὁ κριτὴς ὁ ἀπαραλόγιστος; ὅταν τὰ παραπετάσματα τῶν οὐρανῶν συνέλκηται, καὶ ὁ δῆμος τῶν ἀγγέλων μετὰ τοῦ δικάζοντος καταβαίνῃ; ὅταν πάντα γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα φαίνηται; οὔτε γὰρ ῥητόρων δεινότης τότε, οὐ χρημάτων περιουσία, οὐκ ἄλλο οὐδὲν τὸ δίκαιον διαφθεῖραι δυνήσεται. Ὅτε γὰρ ἀδέκαστος καὶ τὰ πάντα εἰδὼς σαφῶς, αὐτά τε τὰ ἁμαρτήματα πρὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἵσταται, ὥσπερ ἐν εἰκόνι τινὶ ὑπογεγραμμένα·","english":"For it does not add to previous transgressions, but rather consumes what is present and renders the soul more sluggish toward attempting the same things again. For this reason, I entreat your love to continually chant these things to those who are absent, and to quickly lead them back to the common mother, and to make them partakers of the spiritual gains; for this fellowship produces not a diminution, but an increase. But, alas for the tyranny of money! It leads astray the majority of our brethren; for nothing else draws them away from here than that grievous disease and that never-extinguished furnace; this mistress, more barbarous than any barbarian, more savage than any wild beast, more fierce than demons, taking her captives, carries them about now in the marketplace, imposing harsh commands, and allowing not even a brief respite from ruinous labors. But what will they do when the fearful day arrives, the incorruptible vote, and the judge who cannot be deceived? When the curtains of the heavens are drawn together, and the host of angels descends with the judge? When all things appear naked and exposed? For then neither the cleverness of orators, nor an abundance of wealth, nor anything else will be able to corrupt justice. For when the incorruptible judge, who knows all things clearly, stands before the eyes, the sins themselves are depicted as if in some image.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὐδὲ γὰρ τοῖς προτέροις προστίθησι πλημμελήμασιν","severity":"info","text":"The subject of the sentence is ambiguous; likely the indolence (ὀκνηρία) mentioned in the previous passage, which does not add new sins but wastes existing virtue and makes the soul more sluggish.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀγάπην","severity":"info","text":"A standard epistolary address in Chrysostom, literally 'your love,' used to refer to the congregation collectively, not individual affection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"κοινωνία","severity":"info","text":"The language of fellowship (κοινωνία) producing increase rather than diminution echoes Pauline ecclesiology, e.g., 1 Cor 12:26-27, where shared spiritual benefits are not diminished.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ ψῆφος ἡ ἀδέκαστος","severity":"info","text":"The 'incorruptible vote' refers to the final judgment, a common theme in Chrysostom's moral exhortation, drawing on the imagery of a courtroom where no bribery is possible.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀλλ', ὢ τῆς τῶν χρημάτων τυραννίδος!","severity":"info","text":"This exclamation marks a rhetorical shift from exhortation to a vivid denunciation of avarice, personifying money as a tyrant that enslaves the absent brethren.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τὰ παραπετάσματα τῶν οὐρανῶν συνέλκηται","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'curtains of the heavens are drawn together' is unusual; it may refer to the opening of the heavens at judgment, but the verb συνέλκηται (drawn together) suggests a closing or gathering, possibly a textual corruption or a unique eschatological image.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The subject of the opening sentence is not explicit; it likely refers to the indolence (ὀκνηρία) from the previous passage, but could also be the act of not attending church. The phrase 'curtains of the heavens are drawn together' is ambiguous: it may mean the heavens are opened for judgment or closed, but the verb συνέλκηται suggests a gathering or drawing together, which is atypical."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"τότε οὐ βασιλεὺς, οὐκ ἰδιώτης φαίνεται, οὐ πτωχὸς, οὐ πλούσιος, οὐ σοφὸς, οὐκ ἀμαθὴς, ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦτα περιαιρεῖται τὰ προσωπεῖα, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν πεπραγμένων ὄψεως ἕκαστος δείκνυται· οὐκ ἔστι διάδημα ἰδεῖν περικείμενον,\n\nοὐδὲ ἁλουργίδα περιβεβλημένον· οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπ' ὀχημάτων φερόμενον καὶ μυρίους ἔχοντα ῥαβδούχους τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς σοβοῦντας· ἀλλὰ πάντα ταῦτα ἐκποδὼν, καὶ γυμνὸς ἕκαστος εἰσάγεται τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν πράξεων, ἢ προδοσίας, ἢ σωτηρίας ἔχων ὑπόθεσιν· ὡς γὰρ ἂν ἕκαστα τούτων τύχῃ πεπραγμένα, οὕτως ἡ ψῆφος φέρεται. Πολλὰ ὑμῖν ἀγαθὰ γένοιτο, ὅτι μετὰ τοσαύτης ἀκούετε τῶν ῥημάτων τούτων τῆς προθυμίας· ὁ γὰρ ἑκάστου στεναγμὸς, καὶ τὸ τύπτειν τὸ μέτωπον, τὸν καρπόν μοι τῶν σπερμάτων τούτων δείκνυσι.\n\nΔιὰ ταῦτα ταλανίζω τοὺς ἀπολειφθέντας, ὅτι δυνάμενοι τοσαύτης ἀπολαύειν ἐπιμελείας, ἕλκεσιν ἐμφύρονται καὶ τραύμασι καθημερινοῖς, καὶ οὐδὲ ὅτι νοσοῦσιν ἴσασιν· ὅθεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑγιᾶναι δύσκολον. Τίς γὰρ αὐτοῖς διαλέξεται περὶ τούτων; αἱ γυναῖκες αἱ συνοικοῦσαι; ἀλλὰ μία φροντὶς ἐκείναις ὑπὲρ χρυσίων καὶ ἱματίων καὶ τῆς πολυτελείας καὶ τῆς κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν προνοίας ἐνοχλεῖν τοὺς συνοικοῦντας. Ἀλλ' οἱ οἰκέται; πῶς, οἱ μήτε παῤῥησίαν τινὰ κεκτημένοι, καὶ μίαν ἔχοντες καὶ αὐτοὶ σπουδὴν τὴν διακονίαν αὐτῶν ἀποπληροῦν; Ἀλλ' οἱ δικασταί; ἀλλ' οὐδενὸς ἑτέρου λόγος ἐκείνοις, ἢ τῆς τῶν πολιτικῶν πραγμάτων ἐπιμελείας. Ἀλλ' οἱ βασιλεῖς καὶ οἱ τὰ διαδήματα ἔχοντες; ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκείνοις περὶ ἀρχῆς καὶ δυναστείας καὶ χρημάτων ἅπας ὁ πόνος, ἅπασα ἡ σπουδή. Ἀλλ' αὐτοὶ ἑαυτοῖς;","english":"then neither king nor private citizen appears, neither poor nor rich, neither wise nor ignorant, but all these masks are stripped away, and each is shown by the sight of what has been done. There is no diadem to be seen placed around the head, nor purple robe thrown about the shoulders; there is no one borne on chariots with countless lictors clearing the marketplace; but all these things are removed, and each is brought in naked, having as his basis either betrayal or salvation from his deeds. For just as each of these things has been done, so the vote is cast. May many good things befall you, because you listen to these words with such eagerness; for each one's groan and the striking of the forehead show me the fruit of these seeds.\n\nFor this reason I bewail those who are absent, because, though able to enjoy such care, they are entangled in sores and daily wounds, and do not even know that they are sick; hence it is difficult to heal them. For who will converse with them about these things? The wives who live with them? But their sole concern is to trouble their husbands about gold and garments and extravagance and the management of the household. But the servants? How could they, who possess no freedom of speech and have only one zeal themselves, to fulfill their service? But the judges? But they have no other concern than the management of public affairs. But the kings and those who wear diadems? But even for them, all their labor, all their zeal is about rule and power and money. But themselves for themselves?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"περιαιρεῖται τὰ προσωπεῖα","severity":"info","text":"The metaphor of stripping away masks (προσωπεῖα) evokes the theatrical imagery common in Chrysostom's moral exhortation, emphasizing the revelation of true character at judgment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ῥαβδούχους","severity":"info","text":"Ῥαβδοῦχοι (lictors) are attendants bearing rods, a Roman official term adopted in Greek; here it underscores the pomp of worldly power stripped away in the eschatological setting.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ἁλουργίδα","severity":"info","text":"The ἁλουργίς (purple robe) was a marker of imperial or high status in late antiquity; its removal signifies the nullification of social rank before divine judgment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Διὰ ταῦτα ταλανίζω","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a rhetorical shift from the eschatological vision to a lament for the absent, structuring the homily as a contrast between the attentive audience and those who neglect spiritual care.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"γυμνὸς ἕκαστος εἰσάγεται","severity":"info","text":"The image of each person brought in naked (γυμνός) for judgment echoes Platonic and Stoic tropes of the soul stripped of externals, as well as biblical judgment scenes (e.g., Matthew 25).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"τύπτειν τὸ μέτωπον","severity":"info","text":"Striking the forehead (τύπτειν τὸ μέτωπον) was a conventional gesture of grief or repentance in late antique Christian practice, noted by Chrysostom as visible proof of the sermon's effect.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν πεπραγμένων ὄψεως' could mean either 'from the sight of deeds' (objective genitive) or 'from the appearance of what has been done' (subjective genitive); the translation takes it as the former, consistent with judgment imagery."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"πῶς οἱ μηδὲ ἀναπνεῖν ἔχοντες ἀπὸ τοῦ τῶν πραγμάτων ὄχλου, ἀλλὰ καὶ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν εἰς ταῦτα δαπανώμενοι; Τίνος οὖν οὐκ ἂν εἶεν ἐλεεινότεροι οἱ μυρία μὲν δεχόμενοι τραύματα, ἐνταῦθα δὲ μὴ ἀπαντῶντες, ἔνθα δυνήσονται μαθεῖν, ὅτι, κἂν τραύματα ἔχωσι, δυνατὸν τούτων ἀπαλλαγῆναι, καὶ ὑγείας τυχεῖν; Πότε οὖν οὗτοι τῆς ψυχῆς τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἐπιμελήσονται; Ἀγαπητὸν γὰρ τοὺς συνεχῶς εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἀπαντῶντας, καὶ διδασκαλίας ἀπολαύοντας πνευματικῆς, καὶ τοσαύτης τυγχάνοντας ἐπιμελείας, δυνηθῆναι περιγενέσθαι καὶ χαλινῶσαι τὰς πονηρὰς ἐπιθυμίας, καὶ διαβλέψαι πρὸς τὴν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐργασίαν. βʹ. Ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἵνα μὴ διαπαντὸς ἐκείνοις ἐγκαλοῦντες τῶν εἰωθότων ὑμᾶς ἀποστερήσωμεν, φέρε δὴ πάλιν τὴν συνήθη τράπεζαν ὑμῖν παραθῶμεν, καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ψάλλειν τὸ κέρδος ὑμῖν διηγησώμεθα. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ ψαλμὸς ἐπεισελθὼν τὰς διαφόρους ἐκέρασε φωνὰς, καὶ μίαν παναρμόνιον ᾠδὴν ἀνενεχθῆναι παρεσκεύασε, καὶ νέοι καὶ γέροντες, καὶ πλούσιοι καὶ πένητες, καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ ἄνδρες, καὶ δοῦλοι καὶ ἐλεύθεροι μίαν τινὰ μελῳδίαν ἀνηνέγκαμεν ἅπαντες. Εἰ γὰρ κιθαρῳδὸς τὰς διαφόρους νευρὰς τῇ τῆς τέχνης ἀκριβείᾳ κεράσας, τὰς πολλὰς μίαν ἐργάζεται μενούσας πολλάς· τί καινὸν, εἰ ἡ τοῦ ψαλμοῦ καὶ τῆς ᾠδῆς τῆς πνευματικῆς δύναμις τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο εἰργάσατο; Οὐ γὰρ δὴ μόνον τοὺς παρόντας ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν τελευτήσαντα τοῖς ζῶσιν ἀνέμιξε· καὶ γὰρ [καὶ] ἐκεῖνος μεθ' ἡμῶν ἔψαλλεν ὁ μακάριος οὗτος προφήτης·","english":"How can those who have no time even to breathe because of the press of business, but spend both night and day consumed by these things, be more pitiable than those who receive countless wounds but do not come here, where they could learn that even if they have wounds, it is possible to be rid of them and to obtain health? When, then, will these people care for their own soul? For it is a great thing even for those who regularly attend church, enjoy spiritual teaching, and receive such care, to be able to overcome and bridle their evil desires, and to look toward the practice of virtue. 2. But so that we may not, by constantly reproaching those people, deprive you of what you are accustomed to, come, let us again set before you the customary table and relate to you the profit of psalmody itself. For behold, the psalm, entering, has blended the different voices and prepared a single harmonious song to be raised, and young and old, rich and poor, women and men, slaves and free, we have all raised one melody. For if a citharode, by blending the different strings with the precision of his art, makes the many one while they remain many, what wonder is it if the power of the psalm and of the spiritual song has accomplished this same thing? For it has not only mixed us who are present, but has also mingled the departed with the living; for that blessed prophet also sang with us.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"βʹ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek numeral βʹ marks a new section, transitioning from reproach to a positive exposition on psalmody.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"τράπεζαν","severity":"info","text":"Here τράπεζαν ('table') is metaphorical for spiritual nourishment, a common Chrysostomic image for teaching or Scripture.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ψαλμὸς","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom refers to antiphonal or congregational psalmody, a practice in Antiochene liturgy where the congregation sang responses.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"κιθαρῳδὸς","severity":"info","text":"The citharode analogy (blending strings into one harmony) parallels Chrysostom's frequent use of musical imagery for ecclesial unity; cf. Homily on 1 Cor 14:26.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ μακάριος οὗτος προφήτης","severity":"info","text":"The 'blessed prophet' is David, traditionally author of the Psalms; Chrysostom presents him as present and singing with the congregation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν τελευτήσαντα τοῖς ζῶσιν ἀνέμιξε","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom asserts that psalmody unites the living with the dead, reflecting a belief in the communion of saints through liturgical song.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text has a double [καὶ] in the final clause; the sense is clear but the repetition may be a scribal error or emphasis."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"καίτοι γε ἐν βασιλικαῖς αὐλαῖς οὐκ ἔνι τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ κάθηται μὲν ὁ τὸ διάδημα περικείμενος, παρεστήκασι δὲ πάντες σιγῇ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν μεγίσταις ὄντες ἀρχαῖς. Ἐνταῦθα δὲ οὐχ οὕτως, ἀλλὰ φθέγγεται ὁ προφήτης, καὶ πάντες ἀποκρινόμεθα, καὶ πάντες συνεπηχοῦμεν· καὶ οὐκ ἔστι δοῦλον ἐνταῦθα ἰδεῖν, οὐδὲ ἐλεύθερον, οὐδὲ πλούσιον καὶ πένητα, οὐδὲ ἄρχοντα καὶ ἰδιώτην· ἀλλ' ἐκποδὼν ἅπασα αὕτη ἡ τοῦ βίου ἀνωμαλία ἀπελήλαται, καὶ εἷς χορὸς ἐξ ἁπάντων συγκεκρότηται, καὶ ἰσηγορία πολλὴ, καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡ γῆ μιμεῖται. Τοσαύτη τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἡ εὐγένεια. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ὅτι ὁ μὲν δεσπότης μετὰ πολλῆς ψάλλει τῆς παῤῥησίας, ἐπιστομίζεται δὲ ὁ οἰκέτης· οὐδ' αὖ ὁ πλούσιος μὲν κινεῖ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἀφωνίᾳ δὲ ὁ πένης καταδικάζεται· οὐδ' αὖ ἀνὴρ μὲν παῤῥησιάζεται, γυνὴ δὲ σιγᾷ καὶ ἄφωνος ἕστηκεν· ἀλλὰ πάντες τῆς αὐτῆς ἰσοτιμίας\n\nἀπολαύοντες, κοινὴν ἀναφέρομεν τὴν θυσίαν, κοινὴν τὴν προσφοράν· οὐδ' ἔχει τι πλέον οὗτος ἐκείνου, οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνος τούτου, ἀλλὰ πάντες ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ τιμῇ, καὶ φωνὴ μία ἐκ διαφόρων γλωττῶν πρὸς τὸν τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀναπέμπεται Δημιουργόν. Ἡ διαφορὰ δὲ οὐκ ἐν τῷ δούλῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐλευθέρῳ, οὐκ ἐν τῷ πλουσίῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ πένητι, οὐκ ἐν τῇ γυναικὶ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀνδρὶ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῇ γνώμῃ, ἐν τῇ σπουδῇ καὶ τῇ ῥᾳθυμίᾳ, ἐν τῇ κακίᾳ καὶ τῇ ἀρετῇ. Οὕτω γὰρ καὶ πλούσιον ἐγὼ τὸν πένητα δύναμαι καλεῖν, καὶ πένητα τὸν πλούσιον, καὶ γυναῖκα τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ ἄνδρα τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἰδιώτην τὸν σοφὸν, καὶ σοφὸν τὸν ἰδιώτην, οὐ συγχέων τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν φύσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἄριστον κανόνα εἰσάγων τὸν πάντα διορθούμενον.","english":"And yet in royal courts this is not the case, but the one who wears the diadem sits, and all stand in silence, even though they hold the highest offices. Here it is not so, but the prophet speaks, and we all respond, and we all join in the echo; and one cannot see here a slave, nor a free man, nor a rich man and a poor man, nor a ruler and a private citizen; but all this unevenness of life has been driven away, and one chorus has been formed from all, and there is great equality of speech, and the earth imitates the heaven. Such is the nobility of the Church. For one cannot say that the master chants with great freedom, while the servant is silenced; nor again that the rich man moves his tongue, while the poor man is condemned to speechlessness; nor again that the man speaks freely, while the woman is silent and stands voiceless; but all, enjoying the same equality of honor, offer the common sacrifice, the common offering; and this one has no more than that one, nor that one than this one, but all are in the same honor, and one voice from different tongues is sent up to the Creator of the universe. The difference lies not in the slave and the free man, not in the rich man and the poor man, not in the woman and the man, but in the disposition, in the zeal and the indolence, in the vice and the virtue. For thus I can call the poor man rich, and the rich man poor, and the woman a man, and the man a woman, and the ignorant man wise, and the wise man ignorant, not confusing the nature of things, but introducing the best standard, which corrects everything.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"βασιλικαῖς αὐλαῖς","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom contrasts the church assembly with the imperial court, where the emperor sits in silence surrounded by officials. This reflects the late antique ideal of the emperor's majesty and the church's claim to a more egalitarian, participatory worship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἰσηγορία","severity":"info","text":"ἰσηγορία, 'equal right of speech,' is a political term from Athenian democracy, here repurposed to describe the liturgical equality of all participants in the church, regardless of social status.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"εὐγένεια","severity":"info","text":"εὐγένεια, 'nobility,' is used paradoxically: the church's nobility consists not in birth or wealth but in the equal honor and participation of all members in worship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage builds a series of negations (οὐκ, οὐδὲ, μή) to contrast worldly hierarchies with the church's equality, culminating in a positive statement that the only true difference is in moral disposition (γνώμῃ, σπουδῇ, ῥᾳθυμίᾳ, κακίᾳ, ἀρετῇ).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The idea that the church assembly mirrors heaven (τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡ γῆ μιμεῖται) is a common topos in Chrysostom and other patristic authors, emphasizing the liturgical community as an image of the angelic chorus.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is often cited in discussions of early Christian social egalitarianism and the liturgical participation of women, slaves, and the poor, though Chrysostom's rhetoric may idealize actual practice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τὸν ἄριστον κανόνα' ('the best standard') is ambiguous: it may refer to a moral or scriptural rule, or to the principle of judging by virtue rather than social status. The reading taken follows the context of moral redefinition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"Καὶ πῶς ἂν γένοιτο, φησὶν, ὁ ἀνὴρ γυνὴ, πῶς δὲ ἡ γυνὴ ἀνήρ; Οὐ τῆς φύσεως μεταβαλλομένης, ἀλλὰ τῆς προαιρέσεως. Ὅταν γὰρ ἴδω ἄνδρα χρυσοφοροῦντα, καλλωπιζόμενον, τὰς κόμας διατιθέντα, μύρων πνέοντα, μαλακῇ ἱματίων περιβολῇ καὶ βαδίσει θηλυνόμενον, τρυφῇ προσέχοντα, πῶς ἂν δυναίμην ἄνδρα καλέσαι τοῦτον τὸν τὴν εὐγένειαν τῆς φύσεως προδεδωκότα, καὶ πρὸς τὸ θῆλυ μεθαρμοζόμενον; Εἰ γὰρ οὐδὲ γυναῖκα ταῦτα ποιοῦσαν ἐν τοῖς ζῶσιν ὁ Παῦλος ἀριθμεῖν οὐκ ἀξιοῖ, ἀλλ' ἐξορίζει τοῦ τῶν ἐμπνεόντων χοροῦ, καὶ μετὰ τῶν τεθνεώτων ἵστησι, λέγων· Ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν· πῶς ἂν ὁ ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀνδρῶν καταλεχθῇ τάξιν ταῦτα ποιῶν, ἅπερ γυνὴ πράττουσα καὶ τὸ ζῇν ἀπολώλεκε; Τὸν γὰρ ἄνδρα μή μοι ἀπὸ τῆς χλανίδος δείξῃς, μηδὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ζώνης, μηδὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ σοβεῖν κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ φοβερὸν εἶναι καὶ ἀπειλεῖν, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ τῆς κατὰ διάνοιαν φιλοσοφίας, ὅταν τῶν παθῶν κατέχῃ, ὅταν τῶν νοσημάτων τῆς ψυχῆς περιγίνηται, ὅταν ἄρχῃ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ τῆς ἔνδον, τῆς κατὰ ψυχὴν λέγω, καὶ μὴ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀτόπων λογισμῶν παρασύρηται· τοῦτο μάλιστα ἀνήρ. Ἂν δὲ μέθῃ καὶ κραιπάλῃ προσέχῃ, καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν δαπανᾷ καὶ ἀναλίσκῃ εἰς κώμους καὶ παροινίας, κηροῦ παντὸς μαλακώτερος ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους γινόμενος, πῶς δυνήσομαι τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνδρα καλεῖν, τὸν αἰχμάλωτον, τὸν δοῦλον τὸν ἀργυρώνητον, τὸν πᾶσιν ἐνδιδόντα τοῖς πάθεσι, τὸν κατακλώμενον, τὸν μαλακιζόμενον, τὸν θρυπτόμενον, τὸν ὑπὸ πάντων καταβαλλόμενον, τὸν οὐδὲ στῆναι ἐπὶ τῆς παρατάξεως δυνάμενον;","english":"And how could it happen, he says, that a man becomes a woman, or a woman a man? It is not a change of nature, but of choice. For when I see a man wearing gold, adorning himself, arranging his hair, reeking of perfumes, with a soft robe and a gait that is womanish, devoted to luxury, how could I call this man a man, who has betrayed the nobility of his nature and adapted himself to the female? For if Paul does not deem even a woman who does these things worthy to be counted among the living, but banishes her from the chorus of the breathing and places her among the dead, saying, \"The woman who lives in luxury is dead while alive,\" how could a man who does these things be counted in the order of men, when a woman who does them has lost even living? Do not show me a man by his cloak, nor by his belt, nor by his strutting about the house and being fearsome and threatening, but by the philosophy of his mind, when he restrains his passions, when he overcomes the diseases of the soul, when he rules his own inner household—I mean that of the soul—and is not swept away by improper thoughts; this is especially a man. But if he devotes himself to drunkenness and debauchery, and spends and wastes the day on revels and carousing, becoming softer than any wax under the influence of passion, how shall I call such a one a man—the captive, the slave bought with silver, the one who yields to all passions, the one broken, the one enervated, the one dissipated, the one cast down by all, the one unable even to stand in the line of battle?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom attributes this saying to Paul; it is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of 1 Timothy 5:6, where Paul speaks of widows who live luxuriously.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"προαίρεσις","severity":"info","text":"προαίρεσις (prohairesis) denotes moral choice or deliberate purpose, a key concept in Chrysostom's ethical framework, distinguishing voluntary moral character from natural essence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"χρυσοφοροῦντα","severity":"info","text":"Wearing gold (χρυσοφοροῦντα) was a marker of effeminacy and moral decay in late antique rhetoric, often associated with actors and courtesans, not respectable men.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν ἀργυρώνητον","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'slave bought with silver' (ἀργυρώνητος) echoes a common trope in Stoic and Cynic moralizing, where the passions enslave a person more than any literal bondage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὐ τῆς φύσεως μεταβαλλομένης, ἀλλὰ τῆς προαιρέσεως","severity":"info","text":"This antithesis (nature vs. choice) structures the entire passage, setting up a series of rhetorical questions that contrast external appearance with inner moral reality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν ἀργυρώνητον","severity":"caution","text":"The term ἀργυρώνητος could be read literally as 'bought with silver' (i.e., a slave) or metaphorically as 'bribed'; the context favors the literal sense, but ambiguity remains.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τὸν ἀργυρώνητον' may be read either as a literal slave or as a metaphorical one; the context of passions enslaving supports the metaphorical reading, but the literal sense is also possible.","The source of the Pauline saying is not exact; it is a paraphrase of 1 Timothy 5:6, but the wording differs, leaving open whether Chrysostom quotes from memory or adapts freely."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Ἢ οὐκ ἴστε ὅτι οὐ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἡμῖν ὁμογενεῖς ἐστιν ὁ πόλεμος καὶ ἡ παράταξις, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὰς ἀοράτους δυνάμεις, πρὸς τὰς τῶν δαιμόνων φάλαγγας, κατὰ τὸν μακάριον Παῦλον· Οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἡ πάλη πρὸς αἷμα καὶ σάρκα, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὰς ἀρχὰς, πρὸς τὰς ἐξουσίας; γʹ. Τοῦτο γὰρ μάλιστα ἀνδρός. Ὁ τοίνυν ὡραϊζόμενος, ἀλλ' οὐ νεανιευόμενος, ὁ καλλωπιζόμενος, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀνδριζόμενος, πῶς ἂν ἐπὶ τῆς παρατάξεως στῇ; ἢ πῶς ἂν ἀνὴρ κληθείη, γυναικὸς πάσης μαλακώτερον διακείμενος; Κατὰ δὴ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, ὥσπερ τοῦτον οὐκ ἂν καλέσαιμι ἄνδρα, ἀλλὰ γυναικὸς μαλακώτερον, οὕτω καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἀνδριζομένην ἀνδρὸς παντὸς στεῤῥοτέραν, ἂν τὰ ὅπλα ἁρπάσασα τὰ πνευματικὰ, καὶ τὸν θώρακα ἐνδυσαμένη τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ τὸ κράνος περιθεμένη τοῦ σωτηρίου, καὶ τὴν ἀσπίδα προβαλλομένη τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τὴν ζώνην ζωσαμένη τῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν λαμβάνουσα τοῦ πνεύματος, ἐπὶ τῆς παρατάξεως στῇ λάμπουσα ἀπὸ τῶν ὅπλων, ὑψηλοτέρα τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονήματος γινομένη, διαλύουσα τῶν δαιμόνων τὰς φάλαγγας, καθαιροῦσα τοῦ διαβόλου τὴν τυραννίδα, κατακεντοῦσα τὰ πάθη, πτώματα ἐργαζομένη τῶν ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις πυκνότερα, οὐκ ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλὰ λογισμῶν ἀτόπων. Γυνὴ γὰρ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἐν μὲν τοῖς σωματικοῖς εἰσι διηρῃμένοι, καὶ τῇ μὲν ἱστὸς καὶ ἠλακάτη καὶ καλαθίσκος καὶ τὸ οἰκουρεῖν καὶ θαλαμεύεσθαι καὶ παιδοτροφεῖν ἀφώρισται, ἀνδρὶ δὲ δικαστήρια καὶ βουλευτήρια καὶ","english":"Do you not know that our war and battle array is not against our fellow human beings, but against the invisible powers, against the phalanxes of demons, according to the blessed Paul: \"Our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the powers\"? For this is especially the mark of a man. So then, the one who adorns himself, but does not act like a young man, who beautifies himself, but does not show manliness, how could he stand in the battle line? Or how could he be called a man, being more effeminate than any woman? In the same way, just as I would not call that one a man, but more effeminate than a woman, so also I would call the woman who shows manliness more steadfast than any man, if she seizes the spiritual weapons, puts on the breastplate of righteousness, places the helmet of salvation upon her head, holds forth the shield of faith, girds herself with the belt of truth, and takes the sword of the Spirit, and stands in the battle line, shining from her weapons, becoming higher than the heavens in her spirit, breaking up the phalanxes of demons, destroying the tyranny of the devil, piercing the passions, causing more frequent falls than in wars, not of men, but of base thoughts. For woman and man are divided in bodily matters, and to the one are assigned the loom, the distaff, the basket, and staying at home, and keeping to the chamber, and raising children, while to the man are assigned courts, councils, and","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἡ πάλη πρὸς αἷμα καὶ σάρκα, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὰς ἀρχὰς, πρὸς τὰς ἐξουσίας","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom adapts Paul's language from 1 Cor 9:26-27 (or a similar Pauline passage on spiritual warfare), though the exact phrase is not a direct quotation. The reference to 'principalities and powers' echoes Eph 6:12.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ὡραϊζόμενος","severity":"info","text":"The Greek verb 'hōraïzomenos' (adorn oneself) is contrasted with 'neanieuomenos' (act like a young man), emphasizing the opposition between effeminate self-decoration and masculine vigor. The Coptic likely renders this with a similar semantic pair.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ἱστὸς καὶ ἠλακάτη καὶ καλαθίσκος","severity":"info","text":"These terms (loom, distaff, basket) are standard symbols of women's domestic labor in Greco-Roman moral discourse, contrasting with men's public roles in courts and councils. Chrysostom uses them to reinforce traditional gender roles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Κατὰ δὴ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a rhetorical parallel: just as an effeminate man is denied the name 'man', so a woman who takes up spiritual arms is called more steadfast than any man. The structure reinforces the inversion of gender expectations in spiritual combat.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν θώρακα ἐνδυσαμένη τῆς δικαιοσύνης","severity":"info","text":"The imagery of spiritual armor (breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation, shield of faith, belt of truth, sword of the Spirit) is a common trope in early Christian paraenesis, paralleling Eph 6:13-17 and later monastic texts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"πτώματα ἐργαζομένη τῶν ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις πυκνότερα","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'causing more frequent falls than in wars' is ambiguous: it may mean the woman causes more spiritual 'falls' (defeats) of demons than physical wars cause casualties, or that she causes more frequent 'falls' (sins) in others. The context favors the former.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact Pauline source for the quotation is uncertain; it may be a conflation of 1 Cor 9:26-27 and Eph 6:12. The phrase 'πτώματα ἐργαζομένη' could be interpreted as causing either physical or spiritual 'falls'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ἀγορὰ, καὶ πόλεμοι καὶ μάχαι καὶ παρατάξεις· ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν παλαισμάτων τῆς εὐσεβείας κοινὸν τὸ στάδιον, κοινὰ τὰ παλαίσματα· ὁμοίως καὶ γυναῖκες ἀποδύονται, καὶ οὐκ ἐκβάλλονται τοῦ ἀγῶνος, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρατάσσονται καὶ στεφανοῦνται καὶ ἀναγορεύονται, καὶ ἀριστείας ἔχουσιν ἔπαθλα καὶ βραβεῖα καὶ στεφάνους, καὶ τρόπαια δὲ παρ' ἐκείναις λαμπρὰ, καὶ νῖκαι συνεχεῖς καὶ ἐπάλληλοι. Καὶ ἵνα μὴ κόμπον νομίσητε εἶναι ταυτὶ τὰ ῥήματα μηδὲ ψόφον ῥημάτων, ἀλλ' εἰδῆτε σαφῶς ὅτι οὐκ ἀνδρῶν μόνον εἰσὶν ἀνδρειότεραι γυναῖκες, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς αὐτὴν, ὡς εἰπεῖν, τῶν ἀγγέλων τὴν ἀπάθειαν κατὰ τὸ ἐγχωροῦν μεθορμίζονται, ἀγέσθω εἰς μέσον ἡ γυνὴ μὲν τὴν φύσιν, τῶν οὐρανῶν δὲ ἁψαμένη τῷ τόνῳ τῆς φιλοσοφίας, ἡ τῶν Μακκαβαίων μήτηρ, ἡ δὶς ἑπτὰ ἀναδησαμένη στεφάνους, καὶ ὃν βούλει στρατιώτην ἀριστέα, πολεμικώτατον, ἀνδρειότατον, μεγαλοψυχότατον, ἄγε εἰς μέσον τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ τοσοῦτον ὄψει τὴν γυναῖκα ὑψηλοτέραν, ὅσον τῆς γῆς ἀφεστήκασιν αἱ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἁψῖδες. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ στρατιώτης καὶ ἀριστεὺς μίαν δέδοικε πληγὴν, καὶ τὴν σύντομον ἐξ αὐτῆς τελευτὴν μόνον· αὕτη δὲ ἑστήκει καθάπερ ὅρος μεταλλευομένη, καθ' ἕκαστον παιδίον χαλεπωτέρας ὑπομένουσα ὀδύνας ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ τῶν βασάνων ὧν ἐκεῖνοι ταῖς πλευραῖς ἐδέχοντο· καὶ γὰρ μήτηρ ἦν, καὶ χήρα, καὶ εἰς ἔσχατον ἐληλακυῖα γῆρας· ἴστε δὲ ταῦτα ὅσοι πατέρες ἐγένεσθε, καὶ ὅσαι παίδων ὠδῖνας ἐλύσατε, πῶς κέντρου παντός ἐστι χαλεπώτερα. Καὶ οὐδὲν οὕτω βέλος ὀξὺ δριμεῖαν ἐπάγει τοῖς τραυματιζομένοις ὀδύνην, ὡς τούτων ἕκαστον τὴν ἐκείνης κατεκέντει ψυχήν.","english":"marketplace, wars, battles, and battle lines; but in the contests of piety the stadium is common, the struggles are common. Likewise, women also strip down and are not expelled from the contest, but they also take their places in the battle line, are crowned, and proclaimed, and they have prizes, rewards, crowns, and even glorious trophies among them, and continuous and successive victories. And so that you may not think these words are mere boasting or empty sound, but may clearly know that women are not only braver than men, but also, so to speak, are transferred to the impassibility of the angels as far as possible, let the woman be brought forward—a woman by nature, but having touched the heavens by the intensity of her philosophy—the mother of the Maccabees, who bound on twice seven crowns. And bring forward any soldier you wish, a hero, most warlike, most courageous, most high-minded, bring him forward in speech, and you will see the woman as much higher as the vaults of the heavens are distant from the earth. For the soldier and hero fears only one blow, and the swift death that comes from it; but she stood like a mountain being mined, enduring in her soul more grievous pains for each child than the tortures they received in their sides. For she was a mother, and a widow, and had reached extreme old age. You know this, all who have become fathers and all who have been released from the pangs of childbirth, how these are more severe than any goad. And no arrow so sharp brings such piercing pain to the wounded as each of these pierced her soul.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"τῶν Μακκαβαίων μήτηρ","severity":"info","text":"The mother of the Maccabees, traditionally identified as Hannah (or Solomonia), is a figure from 2 Maccabees 7 and 4 Maccabees, where she witnesses the martyrdom of her seven sons under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Chrysostom here amplifies her to twice seven sons, a rhetorical intensification.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀπάθειαν","severity":"info","text":"ἀπάθειαν (impassibility) is a technical term in Greek Christian asceticism, denoting freedom from destructive passions. Chrysostom uses it to align the mother's endurance with angelic perfection, a common trope in late antique hagiography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"ὅρος μεταλλευομένη","severity":"info","text":"The image of a mountain being mined (ὅρος μεταλλευομένη) for the mother's endurance echoes a simile in Gregory of Nazianzus (Or. 15.9) and appears in later Byzantine rhetoric for heroic suffering. It is not a biblical citation but a literary topos.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀγέσθω εἰς μέσον","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical command ἀγέσθω εἰς μέσον (let her be brought forward) marks a shift from general praise of women to a specific exemplum, the Maccabean mother. This is a standard forensic or epideictic device to introduce a paradeigma.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"δὶς ἑπτὰ ἀναδησαμένη στεφάνους","severity":"caution","text":"Chrysostom says the mother bound on 'twice seven crowns' (δὶς ἑπτὰ), i.e., fourteen, whereas the biblical account (2 Macc 7) gives seven sons. This may be a rhetorical doubling for effect, or a conflation with another tradition; the text does not resolve the discrepancy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"γυνὴ μὲν τὴν φύσιν, τῶν οὐρανῶν δὲ ἁψαμένη","severity":"info","text":"This phrase, 'a woman by nature but having touched the heavens,' became a commonplace in Byzantine encomia of female martyrs, notably in the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes (10th cent.), where the Maccabean mother is celebrated as a model of philosophical endurance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The number of sons (seven vs. fourteen) is ambiguous: Chrysostom may be using 'twice seven' as a rhetorical intensifier, or he may be referencing a lost tradition. The Greek δὶς ἑπτὰ is clear but the referent is not."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"Ἐννόησον γὰρ ἡλίκον ἦν καθ' ἕκαστον τῶν παίδων ὁρᾷν σιδήρῳ καὶ πυρὶ σῶμα μεριζόμενον ἓν, καὶ μακροὺς τιθεμένους τοὺς διαύλους· πῶς ἑώρα, πῶς ἤκουε, πῶς ἐδέχετο τὴν κνῖσσαν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων ἐκείνων, μυρίους θανάτους ἑκάστῳ τῶν παίδων ἐπαγομένους βλέπουσα. Ἀλλ' ἡ μὲν εἰστήκει καθάπερ πέτρα ἀκίνητος, οὐ σαλευομένη ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων, ἀλλὰ τὰ κύματα εἰς ἀφρὸν διαλύουσα, ὡς σίδηρος, ὡς ἀδάμας· μᾶλλον δὲ, ὅπερ ἂν εἴπω, οὐκ ἔχω τῇ καρτερίᾳ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀξίαν ἐπιθεῖναι προσηγορίαν. Ταύτην οὖν γυναῖκα ἐροῦμεν ἢ ἄνδρα δὲ ὅλως, ἀλλ' οὐχὶ καὶ ἀνδρῶν αὐτῶν ὑψηλοτέραν ἐκ πολλῆς τῆς περιουσίας; Τί δὲ, ὅταν ἴδῃς ἑτέραν ἐκ πρώτης ἡλικίας ἐν ἁπαλῷ σώματι νύκτας ἀΰπνους διάγουσαν, ἡμέρας ἀσίτους, γαστρὸς ἐπιθυμίαν ἄγχουσαν, χρημάτων ἔρωτα χαμαὶ ῥίπτουσαν, νεκροῦσαν τὸ σῶμα, σταυροῦσαν τὴν σάρκα, οὐδὲν τὰ παρόντα ἡγουμένην, χαμαὶ βαδίζουσαν καὶ αὐτῶν ἁπτομένην τῶν ἁψίδων, καταπατοῦσαν δυναστείαν, καταγελῶσαν δόξης, διαπτύουσαν περιφάνειαν, ἀντὶ λεπτῆς ὀθόνης σάκκον περιβεβλημένην, κλοιὰ περικειμένην, σποδὸν ὑποστρωσαμένην, εὐνῇ τῷ ἐδάφει χρωμένην, καὶ μηδὲν πλέον αἰτουμένην, ἐν δωματίῳ κατακεκλεισμένην στενῷ, προφήταις ὁμιλοῦσαν, βίον θανάτου μελέτην ἔχοντα μεταχειριζομένην, πρὸ τῆς τελευτῆς νενεκρωμένην, λιμῷ καὶ ἀγρυπνίᾳ καὶ αὐχμῷ κατατηκομένην, καὶ τοῦ παρόντος βίου τὰς φαντασίας φύλλων σηπομένων μᾶλλον ἀτιμάζουσαν· ταύτην γυναῖκα προσερεῖς, εἰπέ μοι;","english":"Consider, then, how great it was to see, for each of the children, a single body being divided by iron and fire, and the long double courses being laid out; how she saw, how she heard, how she received the savor from those bodies, seeing countless deaths being brought upon each of the children. But she stood like an immovable rock, not shaken by the waves, but dissolving the waves into foam, like iron, like adamant; rather, whatever I might say, I have no worthy name to assign to the endurance of this woman. Shall we call this woman a woman, or a man at all, but rather not even higher than men themselves from her great abundance? What then, when you see another woman from early youth, with a tender body, spending sleepless nights, days without food, strangling the desire of the belly, casting down the love of money, deadening the body, crucifying the flesh, considering present things as nothing, walking low and even touching the arches, trampling on power, laughing at glory, spitting on renown, wearing a sack instead of fine linen, having collars around her neck, spreading ashes as a bed, using the floor as a couch, and asking for nothing more, shut up in a narrow cell, conversing with prophets, practicing a life that is a meditation on death, dead before her end, consumed by hunger and sleeplessness and squalor, and dishonoring the fantasies of the present life more than rotting leaves; will you call this woman a woman, tell me?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"σιδήρῳ καὶ πυρὶ σῶμα μεριζόμενον","severity":"info","text":"The image of a body divided by iron and fire recalls the martyrdom of the Maccabees, especially the mother of the seven sons (2 Maccabees 7), a common exemplum in Chrysostom's exhortations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"κνῖσσαν","severity":"info","text":"κνῖσσαν (the savor of burnt fat) is a technical term from Greek sacrifice, here applied to the smell of burning flesh in martyrdom, intensifying the horror.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ταύτην οὖν γυναῖκα ἐροῦμεν ἢ ἄνδρα","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom uses a rhetorical question to invert gender expectations, a common device in his ascetic encomia, emphasizing the woman's surpassing of male virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"κλοιὰ περικειμένην","severity":"info","text":"κλοιά (collars) likely refers to iron chains worn by ascetics as a form of mortification, a practice attested in early Syrian and Egyptian monasticism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"βίον θανάτου μελέτην","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'life as a meditation on death' echoes the Platonic and Christian tradition (cf. Plato, Phaedo 67d; also 1 Cor 15:31) of philosophy as preparation for death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"προφήταις ὁμιλοῦσαν","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'conversing with prophets' may refer to reading prophetic books or to visionary communion; the Greek is ambiguous and Chrysostom does not specify.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'children' (παίδων) in the first example is unspecified; likely the Maccabean martyrs, but Chrysostom does not name them.","The phrase 'conversing with prophets' (προφήταις ὁμιλοῦσαν) could mean reading prophetic texts or experiencing visionary encounters; the text does not clarify."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ἀλλ' οὐχὶ καὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν ἀνδρῶν αὐτὴν ἀπαλλάξας εἰς τὸν τῶν ἀγγέλων στήσεις χορὸν, ὅτι ἐν γυναικείᾳ φύσει τοσαύτην ἐπιδείκνυται φιλοσοφίαν;\n\nδʹ. Καὶ τίς ἀντερεῖ πρὸς ταῦτα; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδείς. Ἄκουσον οἷαι καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἦσαν γυναῖκες· ἄκουσον Παύλου Ῥωμαίοις ἐπιστέλλοντος καὶ λέγοντος· Συνίστημι δὲ ὑμῖν Φοίβην τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν, διάκονον οὖσαν τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς, ἥτις προστάτις πολλῶν ἐγενήθη καὶ ἐμοῦ αὐτοῦ. Τί λέγεις, ὦ Παῦλε; γυνὴ σοῦ προστάτις ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ καὶ ἐρυθριᾷς ταῦτα λέγων; Οὐκ αἰσχύνομαι, φησὶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐγκαλλωπίζομαι· καὶ ὁ Δεσπότης ὁ ἐμὸς οὐκ ἐπῃσχύνθη μητέρα\n\nγυναῖκα σχεῖν· προστάτις δέ μου ἐγένετο, οὐκ ἐπειδὴ γυνὴ ἦν ἁπλῶς, ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ φιλόσοφος καὶ εὐλαβείᾳ κομῶσα. Καὶ πῶς Παύλου προστάτις ἐγένετο;","english":"But will he not also release her from the order of men and place her in the chorus of angels, because in a woman's nature she displays such philosophy?\n\n4. And who will contradict these things? There is no one. Hear what kind of women there were even among the apostles; hear Paul writing to the Romans and saying: \"I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deacon of the church in Cenchreae, who became a patron of many and of myself.\" What are you saying, O Paul? A woman became your patron, and are you not ashamed and blushing to say these things? \"I am not ashamed,\" he says, \"but I even boast; and my Lord was not ashamed to have a mother\n\na woman; she became my patron, not simply because she was a woman, but because she was a philosopher and abounding in piety. And how did she become Paul's patron?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"φιλοσοφίαν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom uses φιλοσοφίαν (philosophy) to denote ascetic or spiritual discipline, not intellectual pursuit; a common Christian usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Συνίστημι δὲ ὑμῖν Φοίβην τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν, διάκονον οὖσαν τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς, ἥτις προστάτις πολλῶν ἐγενήθη καὶ ἐμοῦ αὐτοῦ","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom quotes Romans 16:1-2, where Paul commends Phoebe as a deacon and patron. The Greek text here closely follows the New Testament, with προστάτις (patron) a key term.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"προστάτις","severity":"info","text":"προστάτις (patron) denotes a wealthy or influential woman who supported Paul and the church financially or through advocacy; unusual for a woman in Greco-Roman society.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"δʹ","severity":"info","text":"The numeral δʹ (4) marks a new section in the homily, introducing a rhetorical question and a scriptural example to reinforce the argument about women's virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"γυνὴ σοῦ προστάτις ἐγένετο","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's rhetorical question reflects early Christian debates about women's roles; his defense of Phoebe as a patron aligns with later patristic praise of female ascetics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Greek text breaks off mid-sentence at 'μητέρα' (mother), likely a lacuna in the manuscript; the English draft supplies 'a woman' to complete the sense, but the original is incomplete."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"τίνος γὰρ ἐδεῖτο Παῦλος ὁ τὴν οἰκουμένην περιτρέχων, ὁ τὸ σῶμα εἰκῆ περικείμενος, ὁ τὰς ἀνάγκας τῆς φύσεως καταπατήσας, ὁ δαίμονας ἀπελαύνων, ὁ νόσους διὰ τῶν ἱματίων διορθούμενος, οὗ τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὴν σκιὰν ἔτρεμεν διάβολος, ὃς ὡς ἄγγελος παρὰ τοῖς πιστοῖς ἐτιμᾶτο, ὂν ᾐδέσθησαν καὶ θηρία, ὃν ἐδυσωπήθη τὸ πέλαγος, καὶ νυχθήμερον ἀπολαβὼν οὐκ ἀπέπνιξεν, ὁ τοῦ παραδείσου πολίτης, ὁ εἰς τρίτον ἁρπαγεὶς οὐρανὸν, ὁ τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων τῷ Θεῷ κοινωνήσας, ὁ πλέον τῶν ἀποστόλων ἁπάντων κοπιάσας, τὸ σκεῦος τῆς ἐκλογῆς, ὁ νυμφαγωγὸς τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, ὁ κήρυξ τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὁ γῆν καὶ θάλατταν περιδραμὼν, καὶ πανταχοῦ τρόπαια στήσας τῆς ἰδίας ἀνδρείας, ὁ λιμῷ καὶ δίψει διηνεκῶς παλαίων, ὁ γυμνότητι καὶ κρυμῷ πυκτεύων, καὶ λέγων Μέχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν καὶ διψῶμεν καὶ γυμνητεύομεν· ὁ τῷ κόσμῳ νενεκρωμένος, ὁ τὸν κόσμον νεκρὸν εἶναι νομίζων, ὁ τῶν οὐρανῶν πολίτης, ὁ μανικὸς ἐραστὴς τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ πυρὸς θερμότερος, ὁ σιδήρου εὐτονώτερος, ὁ ἀδάμαντος στεῤῥότερος· οὗτος οὐκ αἰσχύνεται λέγων περὶ γυναικὸς, ὅτι Προστάτις πολλῶν ἐγενήθη καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐμοῦ; καὶ οὐ λέγει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ γράφει· καὶ οὐ γράφει μόνον ἁπλῶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ δήμῳ τοσούτῳ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐπιστέλλων φλεγμαίνοντι καὶ μέγα φρονοῦντι ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν ἀξιωμάτων, ταῦτα ἐπέστελλεν· οὐκ ἐκείνοις δὲ μόνον ἐπέστελλεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῖς μετὰ ταῦτα γενεαῖς ἐβούλετο τοῦτο γενέσθαι κατάδηλον. Εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἐβούλετο, οὐκ ἂν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ τοῦτο ἐνέθηκε·","english":"For what need had Paul, who ran throughout the world, who wore his body in vain, who trampled on the necessities of nature, who drove out demons, who corrected diseases through his garments, whose voice and shadow the devil trembled at, who was honored as an angel among the faithful, whom even wild beasts respected, whom the sea was ashamed of and after receiving him for a day and a night did not drown him, the citizen of paradise, who was snatched up to the third heaven, who shared in the secrets with God, who labored more than all the apostles, the vessel of election, the bridesmaid of the Church, the herald of the nations, who ran over land and sea and everywhere set up trophies of his own courage, who continually wrestled with hunger and thirst, who fought with nakedness and cold, and said, \"Up to this very hour we are hungry and thirsty and naked,\" who was dead to the world, who considered the world dead, the citizen of the heavens, the mad lover of Christ, hotter than fire, more resilient than iron, harder than adamant—this man is not ashamed to say about a woman that she became a patroness of many, and even of me? And he does not only say it, but also writes it; and he does not simply write it, but when writing to such a great populace of the Romans, who were inflamed and proud because of their external dignities, he wrote these things; and he wrote them not only to them, but he also wished this to become known to the generations after them. For if he had not wished it, he would not have included this in the letter.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ τοῦ παραδείσου πολίτης","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom calls Paul 'citizen of paradise' and 'citizen of the heavens', blending apocalyptic imagery with ascetic renunciation of the world.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"νυμφαγωγὸς","severity":"info","text":"νυμφαγωγὸς (bridesmaid) is a rare term; here it metaphorically describes Paul as one who leads the Church as a bride to Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Προστάτις πολλῶν ἐγενήθη καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐμοῦ","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom alludes to Paul's commendation of Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2, where she is called a deacon and a patroness (προστάτις) of many, including Paul.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τρίτον οὐρανὸν","severity":"info","text":"The 'third heaven' recalls 2 Corinthians 12:2 (or the apocryphal Apocalypse of Paul), where Paul claims to have been caught up to the third heaven.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"οὗτος οὐκ αἰσχύνεται λέγων","severity":"info","text":"The long anaphoric series of relative clauses describing Paul's achievements culminates in a rhetorical question that introduces the example of Phoebe, marking a structural pivot.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τῷ δήμῳ τοσούτῳ τῶν Ῥωμαίων","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom emphasizes that Paul wrote to the proud Roman church, making Phoebe's patronage a public, enduring lesson for future generations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ὁ τοῦ παραδείσου πολίτης' may be read as a literal claim about Paul's heavenly citizenship or as a metaphor for his ascetic detachment; the context supports the latter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"νῦν δὲ θέλων διηνεκεῖ μνήμῃ παραδοθῆναι τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ προσαγορεύει τὴν γυναῖκα, καὶ διεγείρει πάντας εἰς τὴν ἐκείνης ἀντίληψιν, καὶ προστάτιν αὐτὴν ἑαυτοῦ καλεῖ, καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνεται οὐδὲ ἐρυθριᾷ. Τοσοῦτόν ἐστι καὶ ἐν γυναικείῳ σώ63.490 ματι ψυχὴ φιλόσοφος. Ταῦτα δὲ λέγω, ἵνα μὴ προφασίζηται γυνὴ λέγουσα, ὅτι διὰ τὸ γυνὴ εἶναι οὐκ ἔφθασα εἰς μέτρον εὐλαβείας πεπληρωμένον. Ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὕτη γυνὴ, καὶ ἡ φύσις οὐκ ἐγένετο κώλυμα, ἀλλὰ κατηξιώθη γενέσθαι Παύλου προστάτις, καὶ πανταχοῦ τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀνακηρύττεται. Πῶς δὲ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ προστάτις; κινδύνων αὐτὸν ἴσως ἐξήρπασε; Δεδεμένῳ παρεκάθισεν, ἐν ἁλύσει παρεμυθήσατο, τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀναγκαίων χρειῶν παραμυθίαν εἰσήγαγε, τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύοντας ἀνέστειλεν, εἰς θάνατον ἑαυτὴν ἐξέδωκεν, ὥστε τὸν ἅγιον ἐκεῖνον ἀπαγόμενον ἐξαρπάσαι περιστάσεων. Διὰ δὴ τοῦτο καὶ τὴν μετ' ἐκείνην ἐγκωμιάζει, λέγων οὕτως· Ἀσπάσασθε Πρίσκιλλαν καὶ Ἀκύλαν. Ὅραδὲ καὶ ἐνταῦθα πάλιν τὴν γυναῖκα λάμπουσαν· εἰ γὰρ μία ἡ ξυνωρὶς, ἀλλὰ προτέτακται ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἀνδρός· οὐ γὰρ εἶπεν, Ἀκύλαν καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν, ἀλλὰ, Πρίσκιλλαν καὶ Ἀκύλαν. Τίνες δὲ ἦσαν οὗτοι; Σκηνοποιοὶ τὴν τέχνην, ἐπὶ ἐργαστηρίου ἑστῶτες· ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ἡ τέχνη, οὐδὲ ἡ πενία γέγονε κώλυμα· ἀλλὰ τὴν πόλιν ἅπασαν παραδραμὼν ὁ μακάριος οὗτος εἰς τὸ δωμάτιον τὸ τοῦτο κατήγετο. Τίνος ἕνεκεν καὶ διὰ τί;","english":"Now, wishing to consign the matter to perpetual memory, he even addresses the woman by name, and rouses everyone to her support, and calls her his own patroness, and is not ashamed nor blushes. So great a thing is a philosophical soul even in a woman's body. I say this so that a woman may not make the excuse, saying that because she is a woman she has not attained a full measure of piety. For behold, this woman is a woman, and her nature was not an obstacle, but she was deemed worthy to become Paul's patroness, and is proclaimed throughout the whole world. How did she become his patroness? Did she perhaps rescue him from dangers? Did she sit by him when he was bound, comfort him in chains, provide relief from his necessary needs, restrain those who plotted against him, give herself over to death, so as to snatch that holy man from the circumstances that were carrying him away? For this reason he also praises the woman after her, saying thus: Greet Priscilla and Aquila. Observe again here the woman shining; for though they are a pair, the woman is placed before the man; for he did not say, Aquila and Priscilla, but, Priscilla and Aquila. Who were these? Tentmakers by trade, standing at their workshop; but neither their trade nor their poverty was an obstacle; but this blessed man, running through the whole city, used to lodge in their little room. For what reason and why?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"προστάτις","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom uses προστάτις (patroness) to describe the woman who supported Paul, a term that implies active advocacy and protection, not merely passive hospitality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Πρίσκιλλαν καὶ Ἀκύλαν","severity":"info","text":"Priscilla and Aquila were a Christian missionary couple, tentmakers by trade, who hosted Paul in Corinth and Ephesus; Priscilla is often named first in the New Testament (Acts 18:2, 18:26; Romans 16:3).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"νῦν δὲ θέλων","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the narrative of Paul's gratitude, moving from general praise to a specific example (Priscilla) to illustrate the theme that a philosophical soul transcends gender and social status.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ψυχὴ φιλόσοφος","severity":"info","text":"The phrase ψυχὴ φιλόσοφος ('philosophical soul') reflects Chrysostom's ideal of ascetic and moral discipline, not academic philosophy, but a life of virtue and endurance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"γυνὴ ... προστάτις","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom's emphasis on a woman as Paul's patroness counters contemporary gender norms, asserting that women can achieve spiritual excellence and public honor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν μετ' ἐκείνην ἐγκωμιάζει","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the woman after her' is ambiguous: it may refer to another woman in Paul's circle or to Priscilla herself, but Chrysostom likely means Priscilla as the next example after the unnamed patroness.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the first woman (the patroness) is not specified; Chrysostom may refer to Phoebe (Romans 16:1) or another figure. The phrase 'τὴν μετ' ἐκείνην' could also be read as 'the woman after that one' rather than 'the woman after her'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Οὐκ ἐπειδὴ κίονας εἶχεν, οὐδὲ ἐπειδὴ πλάκας καὶ ἔδαφος ψηφῖσι διηνθισμένον, οὐδὲ ἐπειδὴ χρυσοῦν ὄροφον, οὐδὲ ἐπειδὴ ἀνδραπόδων ἀγέλας, οὐδὲ ἐπειδὴ εὐνούχων θεραπείαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ τούτων ἁπάντων μάλιστα τὸ δωμάτιον καθαρὸν εἶναι· διότι γυνὴ καὶ ἀνὴρ τὸν ἐκ δικαίων συνάγοντες πόνον, ἐκκλησίαν τὴν οἰκίαν ἐποίουν, οὐχ ἁρπάζοντες, οὐδὲ πλεονεκτοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τῇ τοῦ σώματος λειτουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν ἀναγκαίαν ἀποχρώμενοι διατροφήν.\n\nΔιὰ δὴ τοῦτο μάλιστα Παῦλος ἐπιτήδειον τοῦτο τὸ οἴκημα πρὸς τὸ καταλῦσαι ἐνόμισεν. Καὶ ἵνα μάθῃς ὅτι τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῶν τὴν ἀρετὴν ἀποδεξάμενος, ἐκεῖ κατέμενεν, ἄκουσον τῶν ἑξῆς. Οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, φησὶ, τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν· οἷς οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνος εὐχαριστῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ Ἐκκλησίαι τῶν ἐθνῶν.\n\nΕἶδες οὔτε γυναικείαν φύσιν, οὐ τέχνην, οὐ πενίαν ἐμποδίζουσαν τῷ δρόμῳ τῆς ἀρετῆς; εἶδες ξενοδόχον γυναῖκα καὶ ἄνδρα οὐ τραπέζῃ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἵματι τὸν Ἀπόστολον ὑποδεχομένους, Τί γὰρ εἰ καὶ μὴ ἐσφάγησαν; ἀλλ' αὐτοὶ τὸ αὑτῶν ἐπλήρωσαν, καὶ ζῶντες ἐγένοντο μάρτυρες, καὶ πολλάκις μάρτυρες, ἀεὶ παραταττόμενοι σφάττεσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ Παύλου. Οὐ γὰρ εἶπεν, Οἵτινες χρήματα ἀνάλωσαν, οἵτινες τὴν οἰκίαν ἀνέῳξαν, ἀλλ', ὃ πάντων μεῖζον ἦν, τὸν φόνον, τὴν σφαγὴν εἰς τὸ μέσον τίθησιν, ἵνα εἴπῃ, ὅτι Καὶ ἀποτμηθῆναι εἵλοντο ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. Ἀκουέτωσαν οἱ νῦν πλουτοῦντες, καὶ μόλις ὀβολοῦ τοῖς ἁγίοις μεταδιδόντες· ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τοῦ αἵματος μετέδωκαν, καὶ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτὴν ἀπεδύσαντο, ἵνα τὸν ἅγιον διασώσωσι καὶ θεραπεύσωσιν·","english":"Not because it had columns, nor because it had pavements and a floor adorned with mosaics, nor because it had a gilded roof, nor because it had herds of slaves, nor because it had a retinue of eunuchs, but because of all these things especially the chamber was clean; because a woman and a man, gathering their labor from righteous sources, made their house a church, not plundering, nor coveting, but using the service of the body for necessary sustenance.\n\nFor this reason especially Paul considered this dwelling suitable for lodging. And so that you may learn that it was because he approved of the virtue of their soul that he stayed there, listen to what follows. \"Who,\" he says, \"for the sake of my soul, put their own necks at risk; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.\"\n\nDo you see that neither female nature, nor skill, nor poverty hindered the course of virtue? Do you see a woman and a man who were hosts, receiving the Apostle not only with a table but also with blood? For what if they were not slaughtered? But they fulfilled their own part, and while living became martyrs, and many times martyrs, always arraying themselves to be slain for Paul. For he did not say, \"Who spent money, who opened their house,\" but, what was greatest of all, he puts murder, slaughter, into the midst, so as to say that they chose even to be beheaded for me. Let those who now are wealthy and barely give a penny to the saints hear: those people gave even their blood, and stripped off their very life, in order to save and serve the saint.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ δωμάτιον καθαρὸν εἶναι","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom contrasts material wealth (columns, mosaics, slaves) with the moral purity of the couple's dwelling, which he calls 'clean' (καθαρόν) in a spiritual sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ἐκκλησίαν τὴν οἰκίαν ἐποίουν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'made their house a church' (ἐκκλησίαν τὴν οἰκίαν ἐποίουν) reflects the early Christian practice of domestic worship, a key theme in Chrysostom's praise of the couple.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Οἵτινες ὑπὲρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου, φησὶ, τὸν ἑαυτῶν τράχηλον ὑπέθηκαν","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom quotes or paraphrases Paul's words about the couple risking their lives; the phrasing echoes Rom 16:4, where Paul thanks Prisca and Aquila, who 'risked their own necks' for him.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ξενοδόχον γυναῖκα καὶ ἄνδρα","severity":"info","text":"The term 'hosts' (ξενοδόχον) refers to early Christian hospitality, where believers housed traveling apostles; this practice is attested in Acts and Paul's letters, e.g., Rom 16:23.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀκουέτωσαν οἱ νῦν πλουτοῦντες","severity":"info","text":"Chrysostom addresses contemporary wealthy Christians, contrasting their stinginess with the couple's willingness to give blood and life; this reflects his homiletic strategy of moral exhortation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἶδες ... εἶδες","severity":"info","text":"The repeated rhetorical question 'Do you see...' (Εἶδες) structures the passage as an exclamatory lesson, emphasizing that gender, poverty, or lack of skill do not impede virtue.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the couple (Prisca and Aquila?) is not explicitly stated in this passage, but the reference to Paul and the risk of death strongly suggests them; the reading assumes this identification.","The phrase 'τὸν ἐκ δικαίων συνάγοντες πόνον' could mean 'gathering their labor from righteous sources' or 'gathering their toil from just works'; the translation opts for the former."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"οἱ δὲ παρόντες οὐδὲ τὸ πολλοστὸν μέρος τῆς ἑαυτῶν οὐσίας πρόοιντο ἂν τοῖς δεομένοις ῥᾳδίως· ἀλλ' ἡ Πρίσκιλλα καὶ ὁ Ἀκύλας καὶ τὰ χρήματα καὶ τὰ σώματα καὶ τὴν ζωὴν αὐτὴν ἐπέδωκαν. Ὁρᾷς ὅσον ἐστὶ γυνὴ φιλοσοφοῦσα, ὅσον ἐστὶν ἀνὴρ καὶ ἐν πενίᾳ καὶ τέχνῃ ζῶν; Τούτους δὴ ζηλώσωμεν, τούτους μιμησώμεθα, καὶ τῶν παρόντων ὑπεριδόντες, πάντα ὑπὲρ τῶν τῷ Θεῷ δοκούντων ἐπιδῶμεν, ἵνα καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐπιτύχωμεν ἀγαθῶν, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι' οὗ, καὶ μεθ' οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα, ἅμα τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.","english":"But those who are present would not readily give even the smallest portion of their own property to those in need. Yet Priscilla and Aquila gave both their wealth and their bodies, and even their very lives. Do you see how great a thing it is when a woman philosophizes, how great when a man lives in poverty and at a trade? Let us emulate these, let us imitate them, and, disregarding what is present, let us give everything for the sake of what is pleasing to God, so that we may attain the good things to come, by the grace and loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom and with whom glory is to the Father, together with the Holy Spirit, now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"φιλοσοφοῦσα","severity":"info","text":"The Greek verb φιλοσοφοῦσα (philosophousa) here means 'practices ascetic or virtuous living' in a Christian sense, not academic philosophy. Chrysostom often uses φιλοσοφία for Christian moral discipline.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Πρίσκιλλα καὶ ὁ Ἀκύλας","severity":"info","text":"Priscilla and Aquila are a married couple mentioned in Acts 18:2–3, 18:18–19, 18:26; they were Jewish Christians, tentmakers, and co-workers of Paul. Chrysostom presents them as models of generosity and holy poverty.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν παρόντων ὑπεριδόντες","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'disregarding what is present' echoes ascetic exhortations in the New Testament, e.g., Hebrews 11:24–26 on Moses' choice, and 1 Timothy 6:17–19 on not clinging to worldly goods.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁρᾷς ... ζηλώσωμεν ... μιμησώμεθα","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a rhetorical question (Ὁρᾷς) to a series of hortatory subjunctives (ζηλώσωμεν, μιμησώμεθα, ἐπιδῶμεν), a typical Chrysostomic pattern for moral application.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ","severity":"info","text":"The closing doxology (χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ ... νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων) is a standard liturgical formula in Byzantine manuscripts, often added by scribes. It may not be original to Chrysostom's sermon.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν παρόντων","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek τῶν παρόντων is ambiguous: it can mean 'those who are present' (as in the English draft) or 'present things' (i.e., worldly goods). The context of giving and the parallel with Priscilla and Aquila favors the latter reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'τῶν παρόντων' could be read as 'those who are present' (people) or 'present things' (possessions). The context of giving and the contrast with Priscilla and Aquila supports the reading 'present things' (worldly goods)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}