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The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the Gospel of St. Matthew, Parts 1 & 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Known for his eloquent preaching and public speaking, John Chrysostom was the archbishop of Constantinople and an influential early Church Father. He is recognized as a saint in the Orthodox Church and Catholic Churches and is one of the Three Holy Hierarchs along with Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus. Given to extreme asceticism, he lived as a hermit for two years before poor health forced...

the Old Covenant is of the Devil. For if Christ came to destroy his tyranny, how is this Covenant not only not destroyed, but even fulfilled by Him? For He said not only, “I do not destroy it;” though this had been enough; but “I even fulfil it:” which are the words of one so far from opposing himself, as to be even establishing it. And how, one may ask, did He not destroy it? in what way did He rather fulfil either the Law or the Prophets? The Prophets He fulfilled, inasmuch as He confirmed by His
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