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Four Letters to Olympias

Pastoral letters from exile to the deaconess Olympias of Constantinople, his closest friend and defender. Among the most personally revealing of Chrysostom's writings — meditations on providence, suffering, and the patience of saints.

404–407

Attributed to

St. John Chrysostom

Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Matthew 27:40Ephesians 3:201 Corinthians 5:51 Corinthians 11:271 Corinthians 11:301 Corinthians 11:31-321 Timothy 5:23Isaiah 40:6Isaiah 50:7-8Job 2:4John 3:26John 7:5John 7:12John 8:48John 20:9Luke 7:34Luke 7:39Matthew 5:20Matthew 9:34Matthew 26:28Matthew 26:65Matthew 27:42Matthew 28:13Philippians 1:23-24Philippians 3:1Romans 5:3-42 Corinthians 4:182 Corinthians 12:9

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