![]() ![]() This rich collection includes homilies on martyrs Meletius, Eustathius, Lucian, Phocas, Juventinus and Maximinus, Ignatius, Eleazar (and the seven boys), Bernike, Prosdoke and Domnina, Barlaam, Drosis, and Romanus. Mayer pinpoints several conceptual shifts that identified and shaped this cult: the imitation of Christ's own death the creedal declaration "I am a Christian" the sense of privilege bestowed upon martyrs the ritual purity of relics public veneration of the departed and places made holy by martyrs' blood. The cult's original point of focus was the Christian martyrs-those followers of the Jesus movement-who died in confession of their faith, either at the hands of other Jews or at the hands of the Roman administration. However, in this volume, author Wendy Mayer investigates the liturgical, topographical, and pastoral aspects that marked the martyr cult at Antioch and Constantinople in John's time. Until now, the majority of John's homilies on the saints and martyrs have been ignored. ![]() The cult of the saints is a phenomenon that expanded rapidly in the fourth century, and John Chrysostom's homilies are important witnesses to its growth. ![]()
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