Conversations on the Gospel of John

1. Praise for the Gospel of John. Its excellence and benefit • Who can understand it. 2. The sublimity of John • How to listen to the Gospel • The need for a certain disposition to the Word of God. 3. There is no need to throw holy things to the dogs. 4. Description of the mood required to hear the Gospel • One must avoid theatrical spectacles and stand firm in union with God and the church • One must have an attentive ear. 1. External philosophers in comparison with the Ev. John • His poverty and ignorance and at the same time his incomparable superiority to the first. 2. The barbarian peoples, having adopted Christianity, learned to be philosophical. 3. Against the teachings of philosophers and especially against the doctrine of the transmigration of souls. 4. Why does John talk about God the Son without touching on God the Father? • What is true wisdom? 5. The mind cannot think about several objects at the same time • With what attention should one read the Gospel of St. John. 1. On dedicating one of the seven days of the week to the Lord • What kind of education should be given to youth. 2. The opinion of the Anomean heretics about God the Word • 3 and 4. Proofs of the eternity of the Word • 5 and 6. Against vanity • The evil it produces • They sacrifice their wealth to Him • For his sake they do everything to please the people • The glory of the people is the true glory • How to deal with the crowd • Let God alone be the spectator and praiser of good deeds. 1. Why St. John limits himself to a single word about the incarnation of the Son of God, while other evangelists expound it in detail • Paul of Samosata and his error. 2. What is the Word. 3. Refutation of the heretics’ objection to the Divinity of the Son, based on the fact that the Son is called God • “Theos” • without a member (article) • 4 and 5. Jesus Christ suffered and died to deliver us from idolatry • To render to a creature the reverence due to the Creator is extremely unjust • Faith and doctrine are useless for salvation if life and morals are corrupt • Anger must be immediately quenched • People praise and blame according as they love or hate • Picture of a man in anger • Against those who carefully observe hours and times. 1. How some heretics changed the meaning of the third verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of John through changes in punctuation. 2. The absurd conclusions to which the opinion assumed by heretics that the Holy Spirit is created leads to. 3. The Son of God is equal to his Father • The inexhaustible fruitfulness of the Creator • God is not a complex being. 4. That sinners are like drunken and angry people • It is better to walk and be seen naked in the streets than covered and burdened with sins. 1. The message of John the Baptist • Explanation of the saying: “a man was sent from God” • Why and how Christ accepts the testimony of John. Teaching without good deeds is of no benefit. 1. One should not try to comprehend what is incomprehensible in God • The true doctrine of the Father and the Son • The foolishness of the Sabellians and Marcellians. How sins are washed away. 1. Why Jesus Christ, being the light of truth, does not sanctify all people. 2. The Folly of Paul of Samosata • Answers to the questions of the pagans: what did Jesus Christ do before his coming, etc.? • One cannot properly strive for heavenly things while being attached to earthly things. There is a big difference between the servants of Jesus Christ and the servants of mammon. 1. Who are “their own” who did not accept Christ: firstly, the Jews, who were his chosen people • Then other people who did not believe in him, being His creatures. 2. Unbelief as the reason for the blindness of the Jews; pride as the reason for their unbelief • The grace of mercy extended by God to the pagans did not cause any injustice to the Jews • The Apostle Paul rightly reproaches them and curbs their pride and arrogance • They envy the salvation of the pagans • Pride makes all virtues useless. 1. God does not force or constrain our free will. 2. What does it mean: “he came to his own”? • That those who did not want to accept Jesus Christ are sufficiently punished by this very act and the consequences of this refusal • The gracious effect of baptism. 3. That it is entirely up to us to maintain the purity of our baptism • Punishment for those who defile the clothes received at baptism. Faith and purity of life are necessary for salvation • What clothing should those called to the royal wedding feast wear. 1. Before going to the conversation, you should read those places from the Holy Scriptures that are subject to explanation • The position of a minister does not diminish the dignity of the Son of God. 2. About the heretics who claim that the Word became incarnate only in appearance • The state of human nature before the coming of Jesus Christ • It was like a ruined house, which only the Almighty could restore • The Incarnation as an incomprehensible mystery • God the Word took on our flesh so as never to leave it • That is why it sits on the royal throne and is idolized by all the heavenly host. 1. What does the saying mean: “glory as of the only begotten from the Father” • 2 and 3. Signs and wonders before the coming of Jesus Christ • Harbingers and preachers • Free will of man • Virtue as a product of free will • Miracles proclaimed Jesus Christ and showed that he is the only begotten Son of God • Miracles performed invisibly and visibly at the time of His death • What is the glory Christ in heaven. 1. The inattention of the listeners does not deprive the preacher of his reward • Why ev. John often refers to the testimony of St. John the Baptist? • 2 and 3. The meaning of the testimony of St. John the Baptist. 4. There is nothing more beautiful than a right life • Rejection of gifts brought from ill-acquired estates. 1. What we have received from the fullness of Jesus Christ. 2. The difference between the old and the new law • The meaning of the words: “grace upon grace” • God always precedes us with his good deeds • 3 and 4. The types of the old covenant received their fulfillment in the new • An explanation of some of these types • In public competitions, not those who have been defeated are encouraged to compete, but only courageous fighters • On the contrary, in spiritual exploits they encourage and inspire equally and both, because those who have been defeated can recover and still gain victory • The bitterness of medicines should not dishearten anyone: their benefits will be revealed later • Both sinners and righteous people • everyone needs medicine, corrections and good edifications. 1. No one has ever seen God in His essence • 2 and 3. Jesus Christ knows the Father fully, because he dwells in His bosom • Refutation of the Arians and other heretics who rejected the Divinity of Jesus Christ • Jesus Christ revealed more to us than the prophets and Moses • All Christians constitute one body • Which serves as the greatest bond of their mutual love. 1. How the malice of the Jews is manifested in the questions with which they turned to St. John the Baptist. 2. How this faithful Forerunner gives to Jesus Christ the glory that even the Jews wanted to give to him • The high opinion that the Jews had of St. John the Baptist • Their unbelief in Jesus Christ was inexcusable and did not deserve forgiveness • The humility of St. John the Baptist • Against the Anomeans • Pride overthrows all virtue of the soul and perverts all good deeds • She is the mother of the devil, the beginning, source and cause of all sins • About alms • The poor transfer the blessings of this world to heaven • The fragility of earthly possessions and therefore it is necessary to transfer them to the highest city in advance. 1. Words of St. John the Baptist as evidence of his greatest reverence for Jesus Christ. 2. Jesus Christ did not need baptism • 3 and 4. The falsehood of the assumption that Jesus Christ performed miracles in childhood • Why did the Jews not believe in Jesus Christ, although they heard the sermon of St. John the Baptist and saw so many signs and wonders • Reliability of the evangelists • Against the pagans • Defenders of spectacles are encountered, but truth and faith are not found • Writings of the philosophers of that time against Christians. 1. Why St. Did John the Baptist often repeat the same thing? • Some catechumens delayed receiving baptism until the last moment. 2. The prophets and apostles preached the absent Jesus Christ, and St. John the Baptist preached Christ present • 3 and 4. The teaching of Jesus Christ should be preferred to any other • The more food the body is given, the more it is relaxed; the more food the soul is given, the more it is strengthened • Aversion to meat is a sign of illness of the body; aversion to the Word of God is a sign of illness of the soul • What is its food? • Against theater and spectacle. 1. The benefits of human unity • Andrew, having found the Messiah, immediately invites his brother to take part in the happiness he has found. 2. Prophecy proves divine omnipotence no less than a miracle. 3. The ancients had many names, Christians • one name only • Christian • The honor and glory of that name • We bear the name of Jesus Christ and are as near to it as the body is to the head • How to make proper use of wealth? • Giving your wealth to the poor means enriching yourself. 1. Philip’s calling • Jesus Christ draws him with one word • Philip, for his part, leads Nathanael to Christ. 2. Character of Nathanael, his wisdom • How he was brought to Faith. 3. The faithful are obligated to do everything that Jesus Christ wants and requires of them • Must obey Christ in everything, feed Him when He is hungry, give Him drink when He is thirsty • He will not reject our gifts, whatever they may be • A friend gladly accepts everything that his friend gives him • Love is found not in words, but in deeds. 1. Nathanael’s confession was less perfect than the confession made later by the apostle. Peter. 2. Jesus Christ performed his first miracle at the request of his Mother. 3. Jesus Christ wants everyone to turn to Him with their needs • Example of famous doctors • Why He gave a harsh answer to His Mother • Relatives of the Savior, known by the name Desposin • Our ancestors and fathers were good Christians, which should shame us and subject us to all the more communication. 1. Jesus Christ does everything in good time, not because He is subject to time, since He is the Creator of years and the Lord of ages, but out of love for order. 2. Jesus Christ, by his miracle in Cana of Galilee, proved that He is the Creator of water and wine. 3. The miracles of Jesus Christ surpass all the forces of nature • He perfects our rebellious souls • The fragility of the goods of this world: they instantly disappear and flow away with the speed of the stream • Poverty is the mother of health • The sweets of the meal are very harmful to the body and soul and produce many diseases. 1. The transformation of water into wine is the first miracle of Jesus Christ • On what evidence does the reliability of this miracle, which led the disciples to faith, rest? 2. Jesus Christ drives the sellers out of the church • The same thing happened again at the end of His sermon. 3. Why did Jesus Christ make unclear predictions • The apostles did not know about the resurrection • Why did Jesus Christ not reveal this to them? • People believe facts more than words • The Holy Spirit reminded the apostles of everything that Jesus Christ told them • The greatness of the virtues of the apostles • Praise for them • An exhortation to give alms, without which one cannot enter the gates of heaven. 1. Those who were attracted to Jesus Christ by His teaching were more firm and stable in faith than those attracted by signs • Why did He not perform more miracles. 2. Nicodemus, the weakness and imperfection of his faith • The condescension of Jesus Christ. 3. One should not penetrate sacred mysteries with excessive curiosity • Without subordinating their minds to faith, people fall into many absurdities • The human mind, not illuminated from above, produces only darkness • Riches are thorns that scratch and wound us. 1. Nicodemus did not understand the words of the Savior because he wanted to reason about spiritual things in a human way • If a person is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven • 2 and 3. Faith in the invisible • The difference between the first and second creation • In the first creation, the Creator used the earth to create man; in the second, the Holy Spirit uses water • The first man was created with a living soul, the second is filled with the life-giving Spirit • The first man needed help, the second, receiving the grace of the Holy Spirit, does not need any other help • Why is water needed for baptism? • The rite of baptism • The great mysteries performed for us by Jesus Christ as incentives for us to lead a good life. The catechumens and their position in relation to the faithful • The benefits of alms and gifts brought to Jesus Christ and these little ones. 1. Spiritual rebirth and its essence. 2. A prototype of spiritual rebirth. 3. The nature of Christian exhortation • One must act with meekness, without anger and shouting • A person who brings offense to others commits a shameful deed; he who suffers insults is a true philosopher • Slaves have the same nature as masters, and therefore the latter should not offend the former. What slaves do out of fear of their masters, the latter should do out of fear of God. 1. One should not try to comprehend with reason the origin of the Only Begotten Son. 2. The brass serpent as a type of Jesus Christ • How God loved the world. 3. The love of God: the excess of His kindness to sinners and the ungrateful • God, in order to save us, did not spare even his Only Begotten Son, but we spare our money • The ill use made of wealth • Our ingratitude to Jesus Christ in the person of the poor for all His benefits to us • Against those who, wasting everything on luxury, despise the poor and do not care about their needs. 1. The greater the Lord’s mercy, the more severe His punishments will be for the stiff-necked • God opened the doors of bounty to all people • The two comings of Jesus Christ. 2. Unbelievers are subject to condemnation • Those who move away from Jesus Christ • Great sinners • people stubborn in their stubbornness, betrayed by the vices that have seized them • To be a Christian, you need to lead a good life in compliance with the purity of doctrine • The reason for the pagans to deviate from accepting the faith of Christ • Pagan philosophers made virtue out of empty vanity. The love of vanity destroys people • Vanity is more destructive than all other vices • In order to gain glory before people and the glory that comes from God, one must strive to achieve only the latter. 1. The sublimity of truth and the baseness of lies • Why Jesus Christ himself did not perform baptism, but only His disciples. 2. The disciples of John the Baptist were jealous of the disciples of Jesus Christ. 3. How the Church Becomes the Bride of Jesus Christ • Disasters and losses caused by vanity • How to free yourself from this vice. 1. The efforts of St. John the Baptist to lead his disciples to Jesus Christ. 2. Rejecting Jesus Christ is tantamount to convicting the God who sent Him of a lie. 3. One should not read the Word of God frivolously: one must delve into every word • The Word of God is a weapon that one must be able to wield • In the affairs of this world, everyone is clever and smart, but in the matter of salvation we are lazy and cowardly • The Holy books were written not only for the ancients, but also for us. 1. Faith without a good life is useless for salvation. 2. Why Jesus Christ retires • The origin of the Samaritan woman. 4. Continuation of the same thing • Abolition of Jewish rituals. 5. The good example given to the Samaritan woman regarding the love and zeal with which the word of Jesus Christ should be treated • She calls others to Jesus Christ, while the Jews turned away from him. To do what is displeasing to God is to live uselessly and to one’s own destruction • The soul is immortal • The body will also be immortal so that we can enjoy heavenly blessings • God offers us heaven, but we become attached to the earth, causing an insult to the Lord. 1. Holy Scripture calls the Holy Spirit sometimes water, sometimes fire, denoting by this not the essence, but the activity • Continuation of the story of the Samaritan woman. 2. The obedience of the Samaritan woman. 3. The wisdom of Jesus Christ in converting people to salvation • An exhortation to read the Holy Scriptures • The devil does not dare enter a house where there is a Gospel • Reading spiritual books sanctifies a person. 1. A person always needs faith • Faith, like a ship, transports us across the sea of ​​life. 2. About true reverence for God • The respect of the disciples for their Teacher • There is nothing higher than the love of Christ • Humility and tenderness attracted the special love of Jesus Christ to John • The Apostle Peter • Humility as the basis of virtue • Vanity of wealth • Exhortation to alms. 1. Continuation of the story of the Samaritan woman: the humility of this woman. 2. Why Jesus Christ, like the prophets, often expressed his thoughts through comparisons, allegories and allegories • The prophets sowed, the apostles reaped. 3. Should follow the example of the Samaritan woman in confessing their sins • People usually fear people, and do not fear God • Hiding their sins before people so as not to be disgraced, they do not fear shame before God • To return to sin is to be like a dog returning to its vomit. The best way to correct your vices is to examine each of them separately, without missing a single one. The need to constantly be ready for the coming of the Lord. 1. The Samaritans, being more receptive to grace than the Jews, having seen and heard Jesus Christ, recognize that He is the Savior of the world. 2. Healing of the son of the courtier Herod. 3. One should not demand miracles from God, or proof of His omnipotence • One should glorify and love God under all circumstances: in joy and sorrow, in health and illness, and endure everything out of love for Him. 1. The sheep font as a prototype of baptism. 2. Relaxed, suffered for 38 years, a wonderful example of patience. Perseverance in prayer • The quality of prayer • Why human life is difficult and difficult • The need for work • What is chastity • No work, no moderation • The pleasure brought by vice is short-lived; the joy given by virtue is eternal • There is no true joy in this world; true joy is in heaven. 1. Great benefits drawn from the Holy Scriptures • The difference between the self-sacrifice of the paralytic and the self-sacrifice of the saint. Matthew. 2. Faith of the paralytic. 3. The greatness of the evil produced by vice • Image of envy: the envious have no excuse; their sin does not deserve forgiveness. 1. God punishes the body for the sins of the soul • Most diseases come from sin • 2 and 3. Confession of the paralytic • Jesus Christ compares himself with God the Father and declares himself equal to him. 4. Perfect equality and perfect unity of the Father and the Son • Against ambition and passion to exalt oneself above others • One must avoid vanity and the evils it produces and seek the glory that comes from God • Distinguishing the glory of man from the glory of God. 1. One must fear the Last Judgment. 2. Why does Jesus Christ use simple words. 3. Jesus Christ often talks about judgment and resurrection. 4. Two wills in Jesus Christ. 5. In the study of the Holy Scriptures, every detail must be carefully examined • We must forgive others as Jesus Christ forgave us • What we must do to receive eternal life • An exhortation to give alms. 1. A simple and satisfactory explanation of a text that at first seemed difficult. 2. The testimony of John in favor of Jesus Christ and the testimony of the work of Jesus Christ. 3. Testimony of God the Father • We must fight heretics with the help of the Holy Scriptures. Covetousness is the root of all evil • You cannot serve two masters • God and mammon • How to give alms • The severity of future judgment on those who were inhuman and cruel to the poor. 1. One should not read the Holy Scriptures in fits and starts and frivolously. 2. The Jews will have Moses himself as their accuser. 3. Refutation of the pretexts and empty apologies of the Jews • Their malice and stiff-neckedness • Virtue is the mother of prudence • Sin is born from stupidity • The wisdom of the one who fears God, and the foolishness of the one who does not fear Him. 1. It is useful to sometimes move away from persecution. 2. The miracle of the multiplication of loaves • Marcionite error. 3. With what care Jesus Christ edifies his disciples by performing miracles. 4. We must despise the glory of man and the riches of the earth • The honors and riches of this world are incomparable with the honors and benefits promised to us by God • We must love not this transitory glory, but the immortal glory • The difference between serving the Lord and serving Jesus Christ • Against spectacles • It is a crime to spend money on women of bad life, instead of giving it to the poor. 1. Jesus Christ calms the storm • He performs some miracles with only his disciples. 2. The fickleness and frivolity of the people • The miracle of crossing the Red Sea and its difference from the miracle of Jesus Christ walking on the sea • You need to ask only spiritual benefits from God • Why are villains and sinners often rich? • Must love true wealth. 1. One should care not about the food of the body, but about the food of the soul. 2. You need to ask God for what is proper to ask from Him • Pleasures and sorrows, blessings and disasters of this world have nothing real in them • Therefore there is no need to desire some and fear others • In another world everything is eternal • punishments and rewards • Image of the blessings of the present life and the future life. 1. Lust for pleasure is destruction for the soul. 2. What is the bread of life? 3. The Necessity of Faith and Grace for Salvation • Jesus Christ often spoke about the resurrection, and the reason for this. 3. Frequent reminder of the resurrection encourages to avoid evil and do good • Resurrection and judgment destroy fate • Nothing happens out of necessity or by chance • Certainty of resurrection and judgment: people without faith will suffer the same thing as unbelievers during the flood and Lot • The end of the world will suddenly befall people • Evidence of the certainty of resurrection and Last Judgment. 1. God attracts people to himself without suppressing their free will • Refutation of the Manichaeans on this subject. 2. The difference between manna and the true bread of life • 3 and 4. The greatness and abundance of the love of Jesus Christ in the divine Eucharist • The essence and significance of the Eucharist for our salvation • Those who unworthily partake of the body and blood of the Lord will be punished as those who crucified Him. 1. Continuation of the discussion about the meaning of St. Eucharist. 2. The disciples find the Teacher’s word cruel. 3. Reproaches and reproaches should be done with simplicity. 4. Prediction about the betrayal of Judas • Our salvation, like our destruction, depends on our free will. 5. The example of Judas should serve as a warning to those who occupy a higher position • Greed, which was the cause of the betrayal of Judas, can be the cause of destruction for each of us • To despise the poor is to betray Jesus Christ • The uselessness of wealth and its abuse • We must despise everything temporal and seek only the eternal. 1. The jealousy of the Jews and the unbelief of the relatives of Jesus Christ. 2. James, brother of the Lord, first bishop of Jerusalem. 3. We must imitate the gentleness and goodness of Jesus Christ • We must patiently endure ridicule, untruths and insults • Anger and its consequences • Remedies against it. 1. Jesus Christ sometimes acted humanly to give us a clear example. 2. His announcement of his equality with God the Father and the wrath of the Jews. 3. Accusing Him of breaking the Sabbath • The meaning of virtue in this life and the next. 1. Jewish disputes regarding Jesus Christ. 2. Jesus Christ exposes them and proves that they deliberately reject Him, knowing that He is the Messiah. 3. He predicts his death • Charity to the poor and punishment to those who do not do it. 1. Hearers of the Word of God must have a burning thirst for it. 2. The Holy Spirit was already given to the people of the Old Testament, but the apostles received it with the greatest fullness. 3. Consequences of Evil • By wanting to do evil to others, people cause destruction to themselves • Evil is healed not by evil, but by good. 1. The truth is revealed to sincere and good souls, and is hidden from evil souls. 2. Nicodemus defends Jesus Christ against the slander of the Pharisees. 3. Objection of heretics and answer to it • Jesus Christ declares his consubstantiality with the Father. 4. To slander the Son is to blaspheme the Father • One must glorify the Son in words and deeds • What God requires of a Christian • One must avoid greed and rapacity, as shameful for a Christian. 1. The stupidity and cruelty of the Jews. 2. Talking with the Jews, Jesus Christ shows them his unity with God the Father. 3. To receive salvation, you need to diligently read St. Scripture • Must attend church to listen to the Word of God • Must carefully study St. Scripture; its benefits and the fruits obtained from it. 1. Jesus Christ promises the Jews that if they follow His teaching, it will deliver them from slavery to sin. 2. If they had been true sons of Abraham, they would not have sought His death. 3. Not being sons of Abraham, they are even less sons of God: the devil is their father. 4. To comprehend and know the truth, you need to lead a good and righteous life • You must strive with all your might to achieve the kingdom of God • How to achieve it. 1. We need to strongly fight what they say against God, and endure what they say against us. 2. Refutation of the Anomeans and Arians. 3. One must take advantage of the time without delaying one’s conversion • Image of the envious and envy. 1. Healing of a man born blind. 2. By giving sight to a man born blind, Jesus Christ proved to the Jews that He is the Creator. 3. Refutation of the imaginary contradiction between the ap. Paul and Jesus Christ • The blessedness of the eternal fatherland and what is necessary to achieve it. The poor create for us dwellings in heaven • Exhortation to almsgiving. 1 Faith of the Man Born Blind • The goodness of God to all people without distinction. 2. The Necessity of Faith • There is a bad world and there is a good war • One must avoid evil people and stick to good ones • The society of evil people is more harmful than a plague. 1. The Jews, wanting to refute the miracle of the healing of a man born blind, confirm it even more brilliantly. 2. Questioned by the Pharisees, the man born blind answers them boldly and praises God. 3. The rage and disappointment of the Pharisees • 4 and 5. What is written in St. Scripture should serve as an instructive example for us • The healed man born blind as an example of Christian virtues • Carelessness and carelessness in matters of religion • We should not waste time and with thirst we should strive for knowledge of the truth. and the next 1. Praise to Jesus Christ to the man born blind for his courage and firmness in faith. 2. By what signs can one distinguish between a predator and a shepherd? 3. Jesus is the true shepherd and the true Christ. 4. We must obediently follow Jesus Christ as our true shepherd and obey His voice • You cannot serve God and mammon • On the true use of wealth • An exhortation to almsgiving. 1. Thin Shepherds • New confirmation of the equality of the Son with the Father. 2. Allusion to the Calling of the Gentiles • How Jesus Christ has the power to leave his life and take it up again. 3. Dispute among Jews regarding Jesus Christ. 4 and 5. We must imitate Jesus Christ as our example • Responsibilities of His disciples and followers • Great reward for those who comfort prisoners. 1. The duplicity and stubborn unbelief of the Jews. 2. The omnipotence of the Father is at the same time the omnipotence of the Son • Confirmation of the deity of Jesus Christ • 3 and 4. Removal of Jesus Christ, rejected by the Jews, to the place where John the Baptist testified about him • The benefit of removal from the world and its troubles • The image of a Christian woman • Against the luxury of women. 1. The difficulty of the question about Mary, the sister of Lazarus • Jesus Christ once again declares His equality with God the Father. 2. The meaning of the saying of the apostle. Thomas • Jesus Christ goes to Bethany to raise Lazarus. 3. I am the resurrection and the life • Why did Jesus Christ delay raising Lazarus until he began to stink? • 4 and 5. Against the custom of women to mourn the dead excessively • A temptation for pagans • Grief for the dead should be moderate • Alms and prayers for the dead • It is permissible to mourn the dead, but not excessively. 1. The Arrival of Jesus Christ in Bethany • Jesus Christ shed tears for Lazarus. 2. Jesus Christ before the open tomb, in which the body began to decompose • 3 and 4. Faith is a great good and the source of many benefits • Indisputable proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ • Against adulterers. 1. Out of condescension for the weakness of his listeners, Jesus Christ did not always speak as God. 2. On the equality of the Son with the Father. 3. The confusion of the Pharisees on the occasion of the resurrection of Lazarus • They are plotting to kill the Author of life. 4. Against envy • Who actually needs to be mourned. 1. Involuntary prophecy of the high priest Caiaphas. 2. The removal of Jesus Christ and His stay with Lazarus. 3. The Sin of Covetousness • Picture of those who are infected with this evil • Greed is a kind of idolatry • The power of its power. 1. The Pharisees’ plan to kill Lazarus • By entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus Christ fulfilled the prophecy and transformed the conversion of the pagans • Ignorance of the disciples until the death of Jesus Christ. 2. The pagans who came to the holiday want to see Jesus Christ. 3. The inexcusability of those who do not believe in the resurrection of the body • The meaning and significance of the resurrection • The morals and customs of pagan philosophers • A book written by a pagan philosopher against Christians. 1. About the one who, loving his life, destroys it. 2. The cross as the path to glory • The expulsion of the devil from the world by death as the path to glory • The expulsion of the devil from the world by the death of Jesus Christ. 3. Jesus Christ's prediction of his resurrection and dinner • Against greed that seeks to ruin others. 1. Death does not prevent Jesus Christ from living forever. 2. Prophecies do not force a literal understanding of the various ways of expressing Holy Scripture. 3. We must try in every possible way not to alienate ourselves from God • About love for our neighbors. 1. Covetousness is a very dangerous disease. 2. About the consubstantiality of the Father and the Son. 3. Vanity must be avoided, the poison of which spreads everywhere • Against the luxury of women • An exhortation to alms • Women must give up luxury so that they can persuade their husbands to give alms. 1. The goodness of Jesus Christ to his enemies and to all people. 2. The view that Jesus Christ first washed the feet of Judas • Washing the feet was an excellent lesson in humility taught by the Lord to his disciples. 3. You must care for widows and orphans. 1. The bitterness of Judas • The attitude of Jesus Christ towards his disciples as an edifying example for masters who are cruel to their servants. 2. To explain the lesson of humility taught by the Lord. 3. It is not the one who suffers insults who is unhappy, but the one who inflicts them • Examples of the ancients • Joseph and Moses as examples of meekness and patience • The story of Joseph • You need to forgive in order to receive forgiveness from God. 1. Why St. John reclined on the chest of Jesus Christ when all the other disciples were in fear. 2. Insensibility of Judas • Why was there a wallet in the host of disciples? 3. Conversation after the Last Supper • It is not miracles, but love for mankind that constitutes the sign of the disciples of Jesus Christ • Reproaches that the pagans made to Christians • In what ways the disciples showed their love for mankind • The pagans noticed the vices and shortcomings of Christians and made them an excuse for evading the adoption of the Christian faith. 1. Liveliness and jealousy of the ap. Peter • Love is nothing without grace • Prediction of the fall of the apostle. Petra. 2. Jesus Christ, in order not to sadden his disciples, hid some things from them • More evidence of the equality of the Son with the Father • . It is necessary to take care of washing away all the impurities of the soul • First of all, they are washed away by baptism, then by alms • The vice of predation • To make alms from what was stolen is criminal • It is better not to do works of mercy at all, than to do them from the fruits of predation. 1. Jesus Christ is one in essence with God the Father. 2. The power and omnipotence of Jesus Christ. 3. Must follow Jesus Christ and bear His cross • The New Testament sacrifice is immeasurably higher than the Old Testament • What is the sacrifice of a Christian • Suppression of passions • Love of wealth and its tyranny • People for a long time did not know gold and silver, where covetousness is born • About alms. 1. It pleases God that His creatures love Him • Against the Sabellians and those who deny the Holy Spirit. 2. About the greatness of the power of the Holy Spirit in the apostles. 3. Confirmation of the disciples in Jesus Christ. 4. In what ways is the Father superior to the Son? 5. Strength, power and effectiveness of the Holy Spirit • Unnaturalness of vices • Submission of the flesh to the spirit is the best means for acquiring eternal blessings. 1. The disciples’ fear of the death of Jesus Christ • The parable of the vine and its meaning. 2. The Savior spoke many things in relation to his listeners • The greatness of love, its invincibility and benefit • Excellent testimonies of His love • Against rapacity and greed • The evil caused by wealth and greed • Jesus Christ redeemed us, and we serve mammon • How to achieve the perfection of virtue • Praise of poverty. 1. Is it possible to separate love for God from love for neighbor. 2. Jesus Christ comforts his disciples. 3. The last consolation • the promise of the Holy Spirit • 4 and 5. Various methods of consolation in sorrows • Although virtue is difficult, the fruits it produces are glorious • An exhortation to almsgiving • One must be content with what is necessary • Where does inhumanity towards the poor come from? • Out of greed. 1. Sadness has its benefits • Against the Doukhobors. 2. What does it mean: to expose “about sin, about truth, about judgment.” 3. Distinction of hypostases or persons, equality of persons • Valentinians, Marcionites, Anomeans. 4. The power of unity and agreement • The superiority of philanthropy • Philanthropy is strengthened by prayer, the performance of St. mysteries, church edifications. 1. Comfort to the disciples. 2. They receive from the Father whatever they ask in the name of the Son • 3–5. How you can conquer the world • Death does not make a person mortal, but victory makes him immortal • Comparison of resurrection with birth • Corruption of the body does not prevent resurrection • Against vindictiveness • Exhortation to alms. 1. Refutation of the Arians and Anomians, who condemned the deity of Jesus Christ. 2. The Son of God is one with the Father. 3. We can share in the glory of Jesus Christ according to our ability, according to our faith and works. The goods we possess are not ours • We do everything for the body, and nothing for the soul • As needs increase, the number of servants increases. The master becomes the slave of his servants • True freedom is to not need anyone. 1. More about the equality and consubstantiality of the Son with the Father. 2. Jesus Christ, adapting to the understanding of his disciples, entrusts them to the care of the Father, as if he himself did not have the opportunity to protect them. 3. One need not be a child in wisdom • One must follow the advice of the apostle, not only in order to gain understanding, but in order to lead one’s life righteously • Not listening to heavenly things, most people, like children, are carried away by earthly things • The sin of covetousness • What is true wealth • An exhortation to almsgiving • The glory and effectiveness of almsgiving. 1. Disciples of Christ are not of this world • About the equality of the Son with the Father. 2. Jesus Christ calls his disciples to peace and unity, which are more likely to attract people to them than miracles. 3. No one knows God except those who know the Son. 4. Must believe in God and love Him. God gives us opportunities to do good • Vices of Christians • They often come to church only to stare and show themselves off to others • Cruelty towards the poor • Seeing evil, no one tries to eliminate it; on the contrary, many envy those who do it and are angry that they cannot do the same themselves. 1. The beginning of the Savior’s suffering. 2. Malchus, the wounded ap. Peter and healed by Jesus Christ, is the same servant who struck the Lord on the cheek • The first renunciation of the ap. Petra. 3. How weak our nature is when God leaves us • Second and third renunciation of the apostle. Petra. 4. Jesus Christ on trial before Pilate. 5. We must follow the example of Jesus Christ • A list of insults and torments suffered by the Savior for our sake • A discussion about the insults caused to us • Human glory is nothing more than a shadow • We need to correct our shortcomings little by little, today one, tomorrow another • As if by steps, we need to climb to virtue and perfection. 1. Jesus Christ teaches us patience • Pilate first tries to free Him. 2. Fear took possession of Pilate and prompted him to pronounce an unrighteous sentence 3. We must always remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ and constantly meditate on them • They will serve as the best medicine for all our sorrows and evils • We must imitate His meekness and the meekness of His apostles in order to win over those who insulted us • Wrath and lies from the devil • Without practicing virtue, life in this world will be useless and detrimental to us • Faith alone, devoid of good deeds, does not open the doors to heaven, but brings condemnation • You can die every hour and therefore you need to be constantly prepared for this. 1. Jesus Christ was crucified between two thieves • What was the inscription on the cross of Jesus Christ intended for? 2. Clothes without sewing • Why did Jesus Christ entrust his mother to his disciple • The death of Jesus Christ was not a shame, but a glory. 4. Fiery love of Mary Magdalene. 5. Condemnation of the pomp of funeral ceremonies • The last duty should be given to the dead, but without excess • The death of the crucified Jesus shows that death is not death • The dead should be buried in a way that serves the glory of God: generous alms should be given. 1. The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Mary announces him to the apostles • Why Jesus Christ appeared in the evening to his disciples. 3. The grace of the Holy Spirit is inexhaustible. 4. We must try in every possible way to have the Holy Spirit within us and preserve His grace • The greatness of the dignity and office of priests: we must honor and respect them, and help them • To offend them means to harm yourself. 1. Why did Jesus Christ appear to the ap. Thomas only eight days after appearing to the other disciples • Why did Jesus Christ retain the scars of his wounds on his body. 2. The difference in the characters of the app. Peter and John: the first was lively and ardent, the second more exalted and insightful • 3 and 4. What a joy to see Jesus Christ in glory! • There is no need to spare anything just to achieve eternal bliss • Contemplation of future benefits makes present life simple, pleasant and easy. The power of love • Comparison of love ap. Paul to Jesus Christ with our love • The vice of covetousness and ways to combat it • Incorrect use of earthly goods. 1. Change in mood. Peter after the fall • Peter as a teacher of the world. 2. Humility and meekness of St. John. 3. The good fruits of studying and meditating on the Word of God • The cares of this age and the blessings of this world are thorns that prick us on all sides • Spiritual blessings delight the eye • Even before the heavenly reward, people here receive the fruits of good deeds • The same with bad deeds: even before hell, they here produce torments of conscience • The consequences of sin • The repentance of Ahab, who must be imitated in order to receive the forgiveness of sins • Covetousness destroys the good produced by alms • The fruits of good deeds. The Gospel of John is placed in the New Testament canon after the Gospel of Luke; consists of 21 chapters, with the last chapter being additional and talking about the author of the Gospel. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: