Homilies on Genesis
Chrysostom's series of 32 homilies on the Book of Genesis, containing his assertion that not a syllable in Scripture lacks hidden treasure.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Homily 21 cited: not a syllable in Scripture without hidden treasure
"St. Chrysostom agrees with St. Augustine, when writing on Genesis, homily 21, he does not hesitate to assert that there is not a syllable, not even a single stroke in the sacred Letters, in whose depths some great treasure does not lie hidden"
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The Fathers' Defense of the Old Testament
— Cited: Chrysostom wrote 32 homilies on Genesis
"Chrysostom 32 homilies"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited (Homily 2) on God building heaven first as a roof before laying the earth
"Saint John Chrysostom here, homily 2: "God, contrary to human custom, in perfecting His building, first stretched out heaven,"
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Verse 16: And God Made Two Great Lights
— Cited (Homily 6) on the moon appearing greater due to proximity
"So St. Chrysostom here, homily 6, Pererius, and Fr. Clavius"
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Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness
— Cited (Homily 9) on "image" meaning dominion, "likeness" meaning moral imitation of God
"And St. Chrysostom, Homily 9 on Genesis: "He said 'image' on account of dominion; 'likeness,' so that by human powers we may become like God "