Capital Crimes: Deconstructing Johnâs âUnnecessary Severityâ in Managing the Clergy at Constantinople

Justin M. Pigott

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Chapter 22 Capital Crimes: Deconstructing Johnâs âUnnecessary Severityâ in Managing the Clergy at Constantinople

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004390041_023

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Scholarly analysis of John Chrysostomâs time at the head of the Constantinopolitan church is deeply influenced by his reputation as a fiery disciplinarian and demanding moralist. In particular, Johnâs severe temperament is placed front and centre in explaining the hostility he faced from within his clergy. The clerical reforms John enacted on arriving at Constantinople, which are traditionally explained as an uncompromising attempt by the Syrian to impose his own unusually high standard of behaviour on his clergy, are widely cited as central in earning John the animosity of many within the church. However, this chapter argues that such a view of Johnâs management of the clergy fails to take into account the full scope of Constantinopleâs episcopal abnormality. Entrenched teleological perspectives of early Constantinopleâs development have concealed the extent to which the cityâs episcopal environment was, at Johnâs arrival, an aberration. Without due consideration of the degree to which the unique development and heavy imperial patronage of Constantinopleâs Nicene church altered the parameters of the episcopate there, Johnâs clerical programme can indeed appear unduly harsh. However, by placing the institutional characteristics of the city at the forefront of analysing Johnâs management of the clergy, rather than preconceived notions of the bishopâs personality, this chapter argues that Johnâs strategies do not bear the mark of unique severity but can be situated well within the normative bounds and expectations of a bishop.

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Revisioning John Chrysostom

New Approaches, New Perspectives

Reihe:Â Critical Approaches to Early Christianity, Band: 1

ISBN:: 9789004390041

Verleger:: Brill

Print-Publikationsdatum:: 01 Mar 2019

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Chapter 22 Capital Crimes: Deconstructing Johnâs âUnnecessary Severityâ in Managing the Clergy at Constantinople