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“Socrates on John Chrysostom and the Statue of Eudoxia”
From Historia Ecclesiastica, 6. 18. 1-5
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At this time a silver statue of the Empress Eudoxia
covered with a long robe was erected upon a column of porphyry supported by a
lofty base. And this stood neither near nor far from the church named Sophia,
but one-half the breadth of the street separated them. At this statue public
games were accustomed to be performed; these John regarded as an insult offered
to the church, and having regained his ordinary freedom and keenness of tongue,
he employed his tongue against those who tolerated them. Now while it would have
been proper to induce the authorities by a supplicatory petition to discontinue
the games, he did not do this, but employing abusive language he ridiculed those
who had enjoined such practices. The empress once more applied his expressions
to herself as indicating marked contempt toward her own person: she therefore
endeavored to procure the convocation of another council of bishops against him.
When John became aware of this, he delivered in the church that celebrated
oration commencing with these words: ‘Again Herodias raves; again she is
troubled; she dances again; and again desires to receive John’s head in a
charger.’ This, of course, exasperated the empress still more. |
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John Chrysostom and the Empress Eudoxia
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