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The cult of the saints is a phenomenon that expanded rapidly in the fourth century, and John Chrysostom’s homilies are important witnesses to its growth. In this volume, Wendy Mayer investigates the liturgical, topographical, and pastoral aspects that marked the martyr cult at Antioch and Constantinople in Chysostom’s time. The cult’s original point of focus was the Christian martyrs—those...

consequence, if someone wants to praise martyrs, let them imitate martyrs. If someone wants to extol the athletes of piety, let them emulate their hard work. This will bring the martyrs pleasure no less than their own achievements. Indeed, that you may learn that they sense their own blessings above all when they see that we are secure, and consider the matter an extremely great honor, hear Paul, who says: “Now we are alive, if you’re standing in the Lord” (1 Thess 3:8). And before this Moses said
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