Author

John Chrysostom

Posthumous or imagined likeness of John Chrysostom.
Posthumous or imagined likeness of John Chrysostom. Source · Public domain
Homilies on the Statues

387 CE · Ancient · Sermons

Homilies on the Statues records Chrysostom preaching to Antioch during a civic emergency in 387. After unpopular imperial taxes provoked unrest, a crowd in Antioch insulted and damaged statues of Emperor Theodosius and his family.