The contest between Theophilos and John Chrysostom which began at John’s ordination now came to its climax. The Long Brothers and the eighty fellow Nitrian monks with them had arrived in Constantinople in 400 and immediately prostrated themselves before John, recounting all of the horrendous acts performed against them by Theophilos. John took two important [...]
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Historical Survey: Chrysostom and the Origenist Controversy (III)
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Rule of Sacred Doctrine
"Those ... who use philosophy in sacred doctrine can err in two ways. In one way by making use of teachings that are contrary to the faith, which consequently do not belong to philosophy but are a corruption and abuse of it [...] In another way by including the contents of faith within the bounds of philosophy, as would happen should somebody decide to believe nothing but what could be established by philosophy. On the contrary, philosophy should be brought within the bounds of faith, as the Apostle says in 2 Corinthians 10:5: 'We ... take every thought captive to obey Christ.'" ~ Thomas Aquinas, Expositio super librum Boethii de Trinitate, Q. 2, a. 3.-
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