Catholic Orthodox theology on Thief on the Cross compared to John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom Did Not View the Thief on the Cross as an Exception

There is an idea in Roman Catholicism and modern Orthodoxy that the thief on the cross was saved by faith alone, but it was extraordinary. It was an edge case; it happened one time, but it was purely an exemption.But, I have to thank Brother Don Nesbitt, the Lord's bloodhound...