Sfânta Scriptură – „Cuvântul vieţii veşnice”: orizonturi hrisostomice
The Holy Scriptures – “The Word of eternal life”: chrysostomic horizons

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the exegetical work of St. John Chrysostom. Although in the present someauthors are reluctant to acknowledge his absolute primacy in the patristic exegesis area, justifyingtheir choice with the lack of theological depth seen in Origen or Gregory of Nyssa, probably due totheir af􀂿 liation to the Antiochian exegetical school, St. John Chrysostom still remains an undeniablelandmark in the hermeneutical approach of the sacred text. As a tireless preacher and interpreterof the Word of God, he used his homilies for scriptural exegesis, thus preaching and explainingentire books from the Holy Bible. His literary work has proven to be an extensive one, summingup a considerable number of treaties, letters, homilies and eulogies spoken either in Antioch or inConstantinople, occasionally or in speci􀂿 c circumstances. Of all his literary work, most of his writingswere homilies, those speeches through which he tried to explain to the people he shepherdedalmost the entire Holy Scripture. To his listeners, he strongly recommended reading of the HolyScripture as a way of improving their spiritual life.

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