Word: chrysostom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gospel does not tell how many Wise Men there were; according to St. Chrysostom and St. Augustine there were twelve, but tradition soon narrowed them to three-presumably because of the three gifts they brought. As far back as the and century, the church assigned symbolical meaning to the gifts: gold for Christ's kingship, frankincense for his priesthood, and healing myrrh for his suffering and his role as physician to mankind. The Wise Men, or Magi, may have been members of an occult school in Media and Persia that specialized in astrology. No one knows how or when...
Orthodoxy also tends to look askance at Protestant disparity and elasticity in matters of faith and order. One paper, read by Professor Chrysostom Konstanti-nidis of Turkey's Halki Theological School, was based on the assumption that Eastern church traditions are closer to original Christianity than Western traditions. Yet few Protestants took offense. Said Lutheran Professor Hendrikus Berghof of The Netherlands: "Our Orthodox friends speak very frankly. They say, 'You are not the church, and we are the church,' and we applaud. We need a real conversation...
...Missouri synod (membership: 2,150,230), tentatively opened the door to the "party. "In the literature of our synod with respect to the question of the dance," said the committee in a resolution before the conference, "we found quotations of theologians and conferences as far back as Chrysostom and the Council of Laodicea [ probably 4th century] with constant and consistent warnings against the dangers [of dancing]." But through the years there has also been a minority report. The committee conclusion: If, after consideration, a Lutheran group finds social dancing "in accord with its objectives and to the best Christian interests...
...languages (Arabic, English, German, French), is punctuated methodically by the 1-2-3 and a-b-c of the lecturer. He is a Christian (Greek Orthodox), reads the Lord's Prayer and Creed regularly in Arabic at Sunday worship at his local church in Beirut, cons St. John Chrysostom for relaxation. His wife was formerly a teacher of literature at a Beirut women's college; they have one son, Habib...
Discipline & Purpose. Growing up in Manhattan, where his father was vicar of St. Chrysostom's Chapel, "Pater," as generations of school boys affectionately called him, had no idea of becoming a prep-school headmaster. At Columbia College, he enjoyed himself while he edited the Spectator, was a campus social lion, coxed the crew, and took five years to get his degree. Not until he had spent a year as a newspaper reporter did he start thinking about the ministry. Then, in the Anglo-Catholic faith of the monastic Order of the Holy Cross, he found the discipline and purpose...