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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...

with the exception that in this case our conformity with Christ is explained, not as an assimilation of Christ’s virtues, but as a participation of His nature. In both cases, the nature of the conformity is determined by the context of the phrase. Commenting on the following verse of the Epistle (Gal. 3:28), Chrysostom, not only emphatically repeats and elucidates our participation in Christ’s nature, but adds a further effect thereof; namely, that we are all one in Christ—the Christians by Baptism
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