“For nothing is more frigid than a teacher who shows his philosophy only in words: this…”
For nothing is more frigid than a teacher who shows his philosophy only in words: this is to act the part not of a teacher, but of a hypocrite.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily I (on Acts I. 1, 2)
The opening homily on Acts, arguing that Luke wrote a book of deeds rather than sayings because Christ taught that way first.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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