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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:“O KEY OF DAVID” \nFrom a treatise by St John Chrysostom \n◊◊◊ \nChrist had the power to set the human race free from all evils\, not only \nthe Romans\, but the Persians\, and simply every race of barbarians. And he \nsucceeded in doing this with no force of arms\, nor expenditure of money\, nor \nby starting wars of conquest\, nor by inflaming men to battle. He had only \neleven men to start with\, men who were undistinguished\, without learning\, ill- \ninformed\, destitute\, poorly clad\, without weapons or sandals\, men who had but \na single tunic to wear. …He was able to persuade so many nations of men to \npursue the true doctrine\, not only in what concerns the present life but also the \nlife hereafter. He succeeded in winning over these men to drag down their \nancestral laws\, to tear out their ancient customs\, long and deeply rooted as they \nwere\, and to plant in their place other ways\, which led them from the easy- \ngoing life to his own program of austerity. And he succeeded in doing this when \nthe whole world was waging war against him\, when they jeered at him\, and \nforced him to endure the most shameful death of the cross. \nThese successes are not confined to the cities. They have spread to the \ndesert\, the villages\, the fields\, the islands\, the ship basins\, and harbors. Not \nonly simple citizens and petty rulers but even those who wear the imperial \ncrown have shown great faith and served as subjects to him who was crucified… \nI do not wish you to suspect that what I say had not been foretold. \nTherefore\, I must bring forward as evidence the books of the Jews\, the \nScriptures\, over which the Jews have kept such careful guard\, and set before the \neyes of those who are still unbelieving the predictions and testimonies about \n<how> Christ would become man and still stay God. “This is our God; no other \nwill be compared to him. He has discovered the whole way of understanding\, \nand has given it to Jacob\, his servant\, and to Israel\, his well-beloved. Since \nthen he has appeared on earth and moved among men.” \nDo you see how\, in a few words\, the prophet made it altogether clear that \nChrist\, still remaining God\, became man\, that he moved among men\, and that \nhe is\, himself\, the Lawgiver of the Old Testament? For the prophet said: “He \nhas discovered the whole way of understanding and has given it to Jacob\, his \nservant\, and to Israel\, his well-beloved.” For here the prophet shows that\, \nbefore his coming in the flesh\, he arranged and disposed all things\, that he did \nall things by giving the Law\, by exercising his providence\, and by granting to \nmen the blessings of his care. \n  \nDemonstration Against the Pagans That Christ is God. Trans. Paul W. Harkins\, Fathers of the Church Series\, vol. 73. \nWashington\, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press\, 1985. pp. 191ff. \n  \n 
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