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The Pauline Formula “Induere Christum” with Special Reference to the Works of St. John Chrysostom is unavailable, but you can change that!

As part of his doctoral dissertation, Leo Joseph Ohleyer examined Paul’s formulaic, yet much disputed, “induere Christum,” a metaphor derived from putting on a garment. He relies heavily on John Chrysostom’s exegesis and interpretation of Romans 13:14 and Galatians 3:27 to supplement and support his point of view, devoting an entire chapter of his dissertation to an examination of Chrysostom’s...

Chrysostom first explains the effect this “induere” produces in us. As is evident from the context and the explanation of Chrysostom given above, the words ἐνδύσασθε … Χριστόν are intended by the Apostle to refer to the acquisition or practice of virtue. Therefore, Chrysostom, in his explanation, likewise refers to virtue. To the words, he gives us the Lord Himself for a garment, the King Himself, he adds: for he who has put Him on, possesses virtue in its entirety—Ὁ γὰρ τοῦτον περιβεβλημένος,
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