FEBRUARY 27:  CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIETY

 

John Chrysostom, "Golden Mouth":

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Buying the gratitude of the city:  the spectacular (and expensive) glory of the races, once again:

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"After the races are over, what is left but empty glory?"

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Where this empty glory will take you:

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Wealth is better spent within the church:  liturgical vessels

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Augustine, Fifth-Century Mosaic:

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Augustine in his study, a much later representation:

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Ambrose, bishop of Milan:

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