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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...

spiritual guidance not just from admonishment, but also from prayer and from the father’s blessing and from a shared assembly and from the love of fellow Christians,7 and from any number of other things. 4 See, then, what great blessing you will enjoy today, but what great penalty they will be subject to. For while you will go away, having received a reward from martyrs, they, in addition to being stripped of this bonus, will also be subject to another penalty as they trail a lot of litter of worries
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