The Church Fathers · c. 391–393
Homilies on Romans
John Chrysostom · c. 347 – 407
What it is
Thirty-two sermons on Romans, insisting throughout that grace does not remove the will but frees it, and that Paul's hardest chapters are about God's dealings with two peoples rather than about the fate of individuals.
Why it lasted
The most influential Greek reading of Romans, and the one the Reformation had to argue against. Chrysostom's Paul chooses; Augustine's Paul is chosen — and the two commentaries mark the point where East and West diverge on grace.
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Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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