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Definition of John Chrysostom
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Church Father, Father, Father Of The Church, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Preacher, Preacher Man, Sermoniser, Sermonizer, Saint, Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Chrysostom
Literary usage of John Chrysostom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1901)
"His Eudoxia ; who has sullied her fame by the persecution of St John Chrysostom.
41 The sixth book of Socrates, the eighth of Sozomen, and the fifth of ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"John Chrysostom (AD 347-407) BY JOHN MALONE STRONG soldier of the Cross and from
good fighting stock was that John of Antioch who, among the people that ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of the arrival of the Polos at their family mansion in the parish of St.
John Chrysostom, of their appearance at its door in worn and outlandish garb, ..."
4. History of the Church of Christ by Joseph Milner (1809)
"But we must look back to the rise of John Chrysostom. He was born at Antioch,*
about the year 354. His parents were persons of some rank, and by the care of ..."
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