The Homilies of S John Chrysostom Archbishop of Constantinople On the Statues
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82. P. 831. ) ' But do thou, O divine and sacred head, look on us from above, and either remove by thy intercessions the thorn in the flesh that chastises us, or persuade us to bear it with fortitude, &c. ' Or. Vi. Ad Greg. Nyss. P. 140. (Ben. Xi. 5. P. 245. ) he says, that ilartyrs are ' Mediators for attaining a divine state. ' (t'Kugit. ) St. Chrysostom i^ of the same date. St. Greg. Nyss. On S. Theodorus, speaks repeatedly of asking his intercession. ' To touch his relics, if any chance giv...e one the opportunity Then, shedding on them the tear of piety and affection, as though to the Martyr, appearing in full presence, they present their en- treaty for intercession ; beseeching him, as an attendant* upon God, and in- voking him as one who obtains favours at will, ' t. Iii. P. 580. And so in other parts of the oration ; and in p. 586, he begs him, if need be, to call his Bro- ther-martj-rs to his aid. And in the close of his life of St. Ephraim, he both invokes him, ' Remember us all, asking remission for our sins;' and speaks of a person having invoked his help, in circumstances of danger, with success.
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