John Chrysostom, the Golden-Mouthed Preacher

Thinking back a few months to the June issue of Beacon Lights, readers will remember that the early church father Origen taught at a school (seminary) in Alexandria, Egypt. Also remember that he interpreted Scripture allegorically, finding deep spiritual meanings in a passage that weren’t really the passage’s intended meaning.   The main rival to the school in Alexandria was the school in Antioch (Syria), where the disciples were first called Christians. This seminary taught a much sounder way...