Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom

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Christian literature biographical work hagiographical text

Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom is an early Christian biographical work that offers a detailed, often sympathetic account of the life, ministry, and exile of the influential Church Father John Chrysostom.

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Label	Occurrences
Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian literature ⓘ biographical work ⓘ hagiographical text ⓘ
aimsTo	present John Chrysostom as a saintly figure ⓘ vindicate John Chrysostom ⓘ
associatedWith	Byzantine hagiographical tradition ⓘ cult of John Chrysostom ⓘ
circulation	Byzantine world ⓘ
contains	accounts of John Chrysostom's conflicts with imperial and ecclesiastical authorities ⓘ accounts of John Chrysostom's preaching ⓘ accounts of miracles or divine interventions related to John Chrysostom ⓘ
describes	exile of John Chrysostom ⓘ life of John Chrysostom ⓘ ministry of John Chrysostom ⓘ
evaluates	character of John Chrysostom ⓘ opponents of John Chrysostom ⓘ
focusesOn	John Chrysostom as bishop of Constantinople ⓘ conflicts leading to John Chrysostom's exile ⓘ suffering and endurance of John Chrysostom in exile ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ hagiography ⓘ
historicalValue	source for early Byzantine church politics ⓘ source for the life of John Chrysostom ⓘ
influenced	later Byzantine hagiography of John Chrysostom ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
literaryCharacter	John Chrysostom ⓘ
literaryPurpose	defense of John Chrysostom's reputation ⓘ edification of Christian readers ⓘ
mainSubject	John Chrysostom ⓘ
narrativeForm	dialogue ⓘ
perspective	pro-Chrysostom ⓘ
portrayal	sympathetic account of John Chrysostom ⓘ
portrays	John Chrysostom as a confessor of the faith ⓘ John Chrysostom as a model pastor ⓘ John Chrysostom as a persecuted bishop ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Christianity ⓘ
settingDescribed	Antioch ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople places of John Chrysostom's exile ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	divine justice in the trials of John Chrysostom ⓘ sanctity of John Chrysostom ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	4th century ⓘ early 5th century ⓘ
workType	prose ⓘ

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Description of subject: Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom is an early Christian biographical work that offers a detailed, often sympathetic account of the life, ministry, and exile of the influential Church Father John Chrysostom.

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Palladius of Helenopolis → wrote → Dialogue on the Life of John Chrysostom ⓘ