Tag: Chrysostom

Tour of Ephesus

Here strict laws are needed, the first being: Never send thy son to the theater that he may not suffer utter corruption through his ears and eyes

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“Give Him the Great Things”

“Do not seek how he will live a long life here, but how he will live a boundless and endless life there. Give him the great things, not the little things.”

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The Goal of Education Part II: Fides et Caritas

What is the goal of education? Not the acquisition of Mammon. The goal of education is Fides ad Deum, Charitas ad Vicinum, faith toward God, love toward the neighbor. Or as John Chrysostom very nicely sums it up: Χριστιανὸν αὐτὸν ποίησον: Make him a Christian.

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