Two Portraits of Archbishop Fulton Sheen America's Chrysostom Michael Pakaluk __________ An Extraordinary Conversation with Fulton Sheen Christopher M. Reilly
By Michael Pakaluk and Christopher Reilly
St. John of Antioch, called Chrysostom or "golden-mouthed" (d. 407), "is generally considered. . .the greatest preacher ever heard in a Christian pulpit," according to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Or are homilies even more golden if they are concise? Nearly all the surviving works of the 5th-century Bishop of Ravenna, Peter, are homilies noteworthy for their conciseness as much as their eloquence. Tradition has it that this Peter received his nickname, "golden-worded," when the Roman Empress heard him preach and pronounced him "Chrysologus!" Venerated…
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