John Chrysostom (c. 347–407) Romans 11:5-6 NIV “So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. (6) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.” “He again springs upon the disputatiousness of the Jews, in what has just been […]
Grace
Amazing Grace of the Council of Orange
The Council of Orange (529 AD) was an outgrowth of the controversy between Augustine and Pelagius. This controversy had to do with degree to which a human being is responsible for his or her own salvation, and the role of the Grace of God in bringing about salvation. The Pelagians held that human beings are […]
Chrysostom on Justification
“Suppose someone should be caught in the act of adultery and the foulest crimes and then be thrown into prison. Suppose, next, that judgment was going to be passed against him and that he would be condemned. Suppose that just at that moment a letter should come from the Emperor setting free from any accounting […]
On Grace
1. Clement of Rome (30-100) : “And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all […]