John Chrysostom, also known as Golden Mouth, is most famous for his amazing speaking ability. His Antiochene approach to Scripture and his love for the common people combined to create a very effective ministry. In this video, we look at the life and progression of Chrysostom from a lawyer in training, into the hills of Antioch, into the heart of Constantinople, and finally into exile.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Early Life
2:10 The Start of Ministry
3:22 Affair of the Statues
4:46 Antioch vs Alexandrian preaching style
6:22 Thrust to Constantinople
7:33 A Life-Long Friend Olympias
8:10 The Final Straw?
9:49 The Last Days
10:55 Legacy
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John Chrysostom was born 349AD and after the death of his father, he began training under Libanius. John quickly rose to the top of his class, but as he was introduced to Christianity he slowly started to change his future plans. After the death of Libanius John decided to join the ministry as a Lector. Soon after becoming a lector, he decided to try the monastic life. After spending a few years in the Mountains trying to live out the monastic life, he had to give up and return to Antioch because of health issues.
After arriving back into the ministry he quickly rose through the ranks of the local church. In 386 he finally became a presbyter and two years later he would finally take his next step into stardom. In 386 an event known as the Affair of the Statues sent Bishop Flavian to try and beg the emperor not to kill everyone, and in this time John stood up and calmed the entire city. After this John became known as a man of the people and an amazing speaker.
Fast forward a few years and John was called to be the Bishop of Constantinople. Immediately he began making changes to combat the people using the Church for the wrong reasons. He sold expensive Church items, fired people, and started creating infrastructure to help the poor and needy. While doing this he created many enemies, but also found a very prominent friend in Olympias that would help get him through the hard times of ministry. But all of his enemies began to converge as Eudoxia, who felt attacked by John ruled to exile him, and the Church met to exile him as well.
His exile would be rough as his ill health made this very difficult for him. He stayed in contact with many of his followers, but his impact would slow down as his time in exile increased. Eventually, his body started giving away as the issues he struggled with his entire life began to take hold. Finally, in 407 on the shore of the Black Sea, he passed away.
The legacy of John Chrysostom can still be seen today in both Eastern and Western Church tradition. Hundreds of his sermons still remain today, and the work that he put into his messages, and connecting them to the people of his day make them still very practical for modern audiences. If you want to see an even fuller picture of John's life and work then follow the links below and you will be introduced to more information about John.
Resources:
Bryan M Liftin, Getting to Know the Church Fathers: An Evangelical Introduction (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2007), 189-212.
Robert T. Meyer, Palladius: Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom. Ancient Christian Writers vol. 45 (New York: Newman Press, 1985).
J. N. D. Kelly, Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom: Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1995).
Wendy Mayer, Pauline Allen, John Chrysostom (New York: Routledge, 2000).
Podcast: The History of the Christian Church: Ep. 20-“Golden Tongue” by Lance Ralston
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