St Ignatius of Antioch

the God-bearer (Theophorus) · c. 35 – c. 107 AD

Bishop of Antioch in Syria and a disciple of the Apostles, St Ignatius was condemned to the wild beasts at Rome under the emperor Trajan, about the year 107. On the road to his martyrdom, in chains and guarded by soldiers, he wrote seven letters — six to the Churches of Asia Minor and one to St Polycarp of Smyrna. They are among the most precious witnesses of the early Church: to unity around the bishop, presbyters and deacons, to the true Incarnation and Passion of Christ, and to the Eucharist as the flesh of Christ.

English: Roberts–Donaldson, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. I (1885), shorter recension · public domain

St John Chrysostom

Archbishop of Constantinople · c. 347 – 407 AD

Presbyter of Antioch and then Archbishop of Constantinople, St John was named Chrysostom, “the golden-mouthed”, for the power of his preaching: he is the greatest preacher of the ancient Church, and hundreds of his homilies survive. This growing collection translates them one by one. It opens with the homily he delivered in January 399, while Eutropius, the all-powerful consul who had himself tried to abolish the Church's right of asylum, clung as a fugitive to the altar of the Great Church.

English: W. R. W. Stephens, T. P. Brandram & R. Blackburn, Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Vol. IX (1889) · public domain

St John Chrysostom

Archbishop of Constantinople · c. 347 – 407 AD

St John's ninety Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, preached at Antioch, are his fullest running commentary on any Gospel and the earliest complete one to survive. This collection translates them one by one, verse by verse, from the genealogy of Christ onward.

English: Sir George Prevost, rev. M. B. Riddle, Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Vol. X (1888) · public domain

St John Chrysostom

Archbishop of Constantinople · c. 347 – 407 AD

St John's eighty-eight Homilies on the Gospel of John, preached at Antioch, expound the most theological of the Gospels verse by verse, from “In the beginning was the Word” onward. This collection translates them one by one.

English: Rev. G. T. Stupart, Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Vol. XIV (1889) · public domain