Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology

by Samantha L Miller and Samantha L. Miller

For many Christians today, the notion that demons should play a role in our faith--or that they even exist--may seem dubious. But that was certainly not the case for John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian who became the bishop of Constantinople near the end of the fourth century. Indeed, references to demons and the devil permeate his rhetoric. But to what end?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830849173
• ISBN13: 9780830849178
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"