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New Testament IVa: John 1–10 is unavailable, but you can change that!

In addition to the serial homilies of John Chrysostom, readers will find selections from those of Origen, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Cyril of Alexandria and Augustine. These commentaries are supplemented with homiletic material from Gregory the Great, Peter Chrysologus, Caesarius, Amphilochius, Basil the Great and Basil of Seleucia among others. Liturgical selections derive from Ephraim the Syrian,...

: With the wisdom of an enlightened fisherman (CHRYSOSTOM), John brings us the firstfruits of the gospel (ORIGEN). He begins his gospel with the eternal generation of the Son (CHRYSOSTOM, AUGUSTINE), leaving his human birth from Mary to be understood in the context of this first birth (HILARY). He speaks of the Son as the Word “in the beginning,” which, by its very definition, means there can be nothing prior (CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA).
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