St. John Chrysostom says, “What then? Has not he been injured who has been exposed to slander, and suffered confiscation of his property, having been deprived of all his goods, and is thrown out of his patrimony, and struggles with extreme poverty? No! he has not been injured, but has even profited, if he be sober. For, tell me, what harm did this do the apostles? Were they not continually struggling with hunger, and thirst and nakedness?
654 St. John Chrysostom, Three Homilies on the Power of Man to Resist the Devil 3.1 (NPNF I/9:191) amended.
655 St. John Chrysostom, Three Homilies on the Power of Man to Resist the Devil 3.3 (NPNF I/9:193) amended.
656 St. John Chrysostom, Three Homilies on the Power of Man to Resist the Devil 3.3 (NPNF I/9:193) amended.
657 St. John Chrysostom, Three Homilies on the Power of Man to Resist the Devil 3.3 (NPNF I/9:193–194) amended.
And this was the very reason why they were so illustrious, and distinguished, and won for themselves much help from God.”658
The Fathers cited
- St. John Chrysostom