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Abstinence is the mother of pleasure as well as health, while repletion is the source and root not only of diseases, but of displeasure. For where th… - John Chrysostom
" "Abstinence is the mother of pleasure as well as health, while repletion is the source and root not only of diseases, but of displeasure. For where there is satiety there desire cannot be, and where there is no desire, how can there be pleasure?
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About John Chrysostom
Saint John Chrysostom (c. 349 – 407), Greek Ioannes Chrysostomos, early Christian theologian, archbishop of Constantinople, saint. "Chrysostom" means "Golden-mouthed", a tribute to his exemplary talent as an orator. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and his ascetic sensibilities. His writings were originally written in Greek.
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Native Name:
Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος
Alternative Names:
Saint John Chrysostom
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St. John Chrysostom
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Giovanni Crisostomo
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Ioannes Crisostomus
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Johannes Chrysostomus
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John I Chrysostom
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Joannes Chrysostomus
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Joannes Chrysostomos
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Iohannes Antiochiensis
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Chrysostomus
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Chryssorhoas
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He loved us when we hated Him, and also continues to love us... And how comes it, some will say, that one who is our Friend threatens hell, and punishment, and vengeance? It is owing to His loving us alone. For all He does and is busied with, is with a view to strike out your wickedness, and to refrain with fear, as with a kind of bridle, your inclinableness to the worse side, and by blessings and by pains recovering you from your downward course, and leading you up to Him, and keeping you from all vice, which is worse than hell.
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Nothing is more miserable than those people who never failed to attack their own salvation. When there was need to observe the Law, they trampled it under foot. … On this account Stephen said: "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart, you always resist the Holy Spirit", not only by transgressing the Law but also by wishing to observe it at the wrong time.
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