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Complete Works in 12 volumes (24 books). Volume Ten. Book One. St. Ignatius of Stavropol Publishing House. 2009 5-98891-035-1 Proofreading: Maxim Feshchenko

CREATION

OF OUR HOLY FATHER

ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE

VOLUME TEN

BOOK ONE

Conversation

on the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians

Typesetting and editing of the text by the monk Irakli (Krivoruchko), Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and Konstantin Varlamov, Ulyanovsk.

1. FIRST DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 1:1–3. Paul's humility. — Unity of the Church. — You need to seek grace from God, not from people. — The Meaning of Humility.

2. SECOND DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 1:4–5. We need to thank God. — Disobedience to God's call. "No one is good or evil by nature.

3. THIRD DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 1:10. Reproofs should be gradual and moderate. Paul does not consider himself preferable to Peter. — The Controversy Concerning Paul and Plato. — The wondrous victory of the apostles. "You need to win more with life than with philosophy.

4. FOURTH DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 1:18–20. Objects of faith are higher than the judgments of reason. — Actions of Christ performed in ways contrary to actions. "Socrates was forced to drink the poison from the hemlock. — The Sufferings of the Martyrs. — Protagoras, Diagoras and Theodore the Atheist. "In relation to the pagans, indulgence is necessary, as to children.

5. FIFTH DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 1:26–27. With the help of the grace of God, the apostles converted the universe. "Against theatrical spectacles.

6. SIXTH DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 2:1–2. You don't need worldly wisdom to preach. — Faith and Signs. — Why does not everyone believe now?

7. SEVENTH DISCOURSE on 1 Cor. 2:6–7. The wisdom of the philosophers has become madness. "Many of the holy books are lost. The teaching of Christ is confirmed by miracles and the fulfillment of what He foretold.