Fil 2, 6-11 en los escritos de San Juan Crisóstomo

Resumen

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This study of the Christological hymn which is the Epistle to the Philippians presupposes some knowledge of the strictly scriptural questions which this topic brings forth and therefore does not enter into the global history of this hymn within patristic literature. The author, without pretending the study of Chrysostom's complete Christology, studies the texts in which the Bishop of Constantinople comments or uses some of the verses of the Christological hymn which is the Epistle to the Philippians.

One discovers in this exposition, the context in which Chrysostom writes, as well as his particular way of coming to the clarification and in-depth grasp of the great Christological theme. He bears in mind currents of thought and persons that had denied or obscured important points bearing upon truths of Faith. He comes down to their terrain: with dialectics and Scripture he undoes their line of reasoning and puts forth the inconsistency of their arguments as well as their contradictions, at the same time that he offers his listeners elements for a greater comprehension of the truth concerning the Word. Nontheless, Chrysostom's contribution has to be situated within the strict framework of the contents of Faith, rather than in vocabulary, which is somewhat fluctuating.

Christ is true God and true man: this is the basic synthesis of Chrysostom's thought in the commentaries of this scriptural hymn. He is God, equal to the Father except in his not being the Father; He is man and does not only adopt human behavior. He is true man but not simply man: He does not cease to be true God. Remaining what He was, He begins to be what He was not. He is God and man in the strictest unity.