homily

Second Homily on Eutropius

The famous "vanity of vanities" sermon delivered after Eutropius's fall — a sustained meditation on the impermanence of worldly power, preached over the head of the trembling minister still clinging to the altar.

399

Attributed to

St. John Chrysostom

Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Linked passages

2 Corinthians 1:21-222 Corinthians 11:2Acts 3:6Acts 5:15Acts 9:4-5Acts 9:34Acts 16:18Acts 19:11Colossians 1:151 Corinthians 2:91 Corinthians 3:111 Corinthians 3:121 Corinthians 15:411 John 2:21 Thessalonians 4:17Genesis 6:7Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 40:8Isaiah 51:10Job 1:21Job 10:9John 10:7John 12:47John 14:6Luke 15:4Luke 19:8Luke 23:43Matthew 3:11Matthew 4:19Matthew 5:12Matthew 9:9Matthew 9:13Matthew 16:18Philippians 2:6Romans 8:322 Corinthians 2:162 Corinthians 3:5-62 Corinthians 4:72 Timothy 4:7

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