Chrysostom penitent thief salvation by faith alone

Faith Alone and the Peril of Falling Away: John Chrysostom's Soteriology Reconsidered

Introduction Few questions in patristic theology are as contested, or as consequential, as the relationship John Chrysostom draws between faith and works in the appropriation of salvation. Modern interpreters tend to read him through one of two lenses. The first, favored by contemporary Eastern Orthodox writers, treats his more process-oriented...