by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon When Flavius Josephus misrepresented the faith of the Pharisees---claiming they believed in the transmigration of the soul, instead of the resurrection of the body---he did so to avoid ridicule from contemporary Greco-Roman pagans. Although the latter differed among … [Read more...]
Who Sold Joseph Into Slavery
By St. Nikolai Velimirovich Abba John the Short asked the monks: "Who sold Joseph?" [Genesis 37-50] One monk replied: "His brothers." To that, the elder replied: "No brethren, rather his humility. Joseph could have said that he is their brother and could have protested to being sold but he … [Read more...]
On Doubting Thomas
By St. John Chrysostom But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said, "Except I shall see in His hands — I will not believe." 1. As to believe carelessly and in a random way, … [Read more...]
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