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John Chrysostom, De paenitentia et continentia et virginitate (George the Athonite)

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Summary

This dossier concerns the Old Georgian version of John Chrysostom's homilies on penance, continence, and virginity, translated by George the Athonite in the mid-11th century at the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos. The original Greek homilies likely date from Chrysostom's Antiochene period (c. 386–397), but the Georgian translation survives in a single manuscript witness (Titus edition) without critical collation. The work was used in monastic liturgical readings, as part of patristic homily collections for the church year. Attribution to Chrysostom is traditional, but the Greek originals are not securely identified among his extant works, and the Georgian may reflect later compilation or adaptation.

This work illustrates the transmission of Chrysostom's ascetic teachings into the Georgian monastic tradition via the Athonite translation movement. It also highlights challenges in textual criticism: the Greek originals are unverified, the Georgian version may be a compilation, and the single manuscript witness contains impossible biblical citations (e.g., 2 Tim. 4:7, 2 Cor. 11:25-27), indicating scribal corruption or non-standard versification. The dossier thus contributes to understanding medieval Georgian liturgy, patristic reception, and the complexities of manuscript-based attribution.

Historical context

The Georgian version was produced in the mid-11th century at the Iviron monastery on Mount Athos, a center of Georgian monasticism and translation activity. George the Athonite (c. 1009–1065) was a leading translator of patristic and liturgical texts from Greek into Georgian, often adapting works for monastic use. The original Greek homilies on penance, continence, and virginity are traditionally assigned to John Chrysostom's Antiochene period (c. 386–397), when he preached on moral and ascetic themes. However, the Greek originals are not securely identified among Chrysostom's extant works, and the Georgian text may represent a later compilation or adaptation. The work was included in manuscript collections of patristic homilies for the church year, indicating its use in monastic liturgical readings. The present edition is based on a single manuscript witness (Titus edition) with no critical apparatus or collation with other Georgian manuscripts, limiting certainty about its textual history. The Georgian title identifies the work as a homily on repentance, virginity, and continence, matching the English draft's heading.

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11 commentary units 5 scripture2 structure2 background1 caution1 transmission 0 derived notes 4 open questions 2 narrative
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  • limitThe 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.
  • registerRegister: liturgy in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 2 narrative.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of John Chrysostom, De paenitentia, continentia et virginitate. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 21.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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Manuscripts: A: Sin. georg. 25, 137v-194v B: Sin. georg. 78, 204v-233r C: Ivir. georg. 25, 148rb-175rb თქუმული წმიდისა იოვანე ოქროპირისაჲ, ებიზკოპოზისაჲ, სინანულისათჳს და ქალწულებისათჳს და მოთმინებისათჳს 1. ნეტარი მოციქული პავლე, წარმართთა მოციქული და მოძღუარი ეკლესიათაჲ, რომელი წარსრულსა მას და წინაუკუნსა მას დაივიწყებდა, განმარტებულ იყო, რომელსა ჴრწნილნი ესე ჴორცნი შეემოსნეს და უჴრწნელსა მას ძალსა მისწუთებოდა, "რომელმან-იგი სრბაჲ აღასრულა და სარწმუნოებაჲ დაიმარხა" (შდრ. 2 ტიმ. 4:7) , "რომელი-იგი მარხვითა განჴმა და ჭირთა შინა გამოიცადა, რომელი სიყმილითა და წყურილითა სათნო-ექმნა ღმერთსა (შდრ. 2 კორ. 11:25-27) , "რომელი-იგი იჱრუსალიმითგან ვიდრე დასავალადმდე ქრისტესა მსახურებდა" (რომ. 15:19) , რომელსა-იგი ქრისტე აქუნდა თანამეტყუელად, ქუეყანისა ანგელოზი და ზეცისა კაცი, ჩინებული მოციქული, "რომლისა თანა სული წმიდაჲ დამკჳდრებულ იყო და აღჴდა ვიდრე სამად ცადმდე და გამოუთქუმელნი იგი სიტყუანი ისმინნა, რომელი-იგი ჴორცითურთ ჰრწნილით დაემკჳდრა სამოთხესა" (შდრ. 2 კორ.
English
The homily of the holy John Chrysostom, bishop, concerning repentance, virginity, and continence 1. The blessed apostle Paul, the apostle of the gentiles and teacher of the churches, who would forget the past and the future, was manifest, who put on these corruptible flesh and aspired to that incorruptible power, "who completed the race and preserved the faith" (cf. 2 Tim. 4:7), "who withered by fasting and was tested in hardships, who by hunger and thirst pleased God" (cf. 2 Cor. 11:25-27), "who from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum served Christ" (Rom. 15:19), who had Christ as a fellow-traveler, an angel of the earth and a man of heaven, the distinguished apostle, "with whom the Holy Spirit dwelt and ascended as far as the third heaven and heard those ineffable words, who with corruptible flesh dwelt in paradise" (cf. 2 Cor.
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12:2-4) , რომელი შურისათჳს განუკითხველ და სიყუარულისათჳს დიდ და ეკლესიათათჳს მზრუნველ, ქადაგი იგი ღმრთისმსახურებისათჳს და უძლურთა ჴელისამპყრობელი, მორწმუნეთა წინამძღუარი, ჰურიათა მამხილებელი და ჩუენ ყოველთა მასწავლელი და, შემდგომად სიკუდილისა, მოძღუარი და ქადაგი, რომელმან-იგი გჳჩუენა ჩუენ, ვითარ-იგი წეს არს აღსლვაჲ ჩუენი ზეცად. უკუჱთუ ესევითარსა მას კაცსა ესოდენი მოეპოა სარწმუნოებაჲ, რომელმან-იგი თქუა: "არარაჲ თავით ჩემით უწყი" (შდრ. 1 კორ. 4:3) , ეშინოდა და თქუა: "ნუუკუე სხუათა მიმართ ვქადაგებდე და მე გამოუცდელ ვიპოო" (1 კორ. 9,27) . ხოლო ჩუენ რაჲ-მე ვყოთ, რომელთა ყოვლადვე განმარტებაჲ სათნოებისაჲ არა მოგჳპოვნებიეს?
English
...who, out of envy, was impartial, and out of love, was great, and for the sake of the churches, was vigilant—that preacher of divine service and helper of the weak, leader of the faithful, rebuker of the Jews, and teacher of us all, and, after his death, our instructor and preacher, who taught us how our ascent to heaven is ordained. But if such a man had so much faith that he said, "I know nothing by myself" (cf. 1 Cor. 4:3), and feared and said, "Lest I preach to others and myself be found untested" (1 Cor. 9:27), then what shall we do, who have not at all attained the definition of virtue?
Citation. Tergwame, “John Chrysostom, De paenitentia et continentia et virginitate (George the Athonite)”, iochrskm-iochr:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/iochrskm-iochr#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of John Chrysostom, De paenitentia, continentia et virginitate. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 21.11.2023. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0015 · generated 2026-11-15.