What do other believe about us?
This is a question, I think, we constantly ask, when meeting others. How do
they perceive us? Do they know what and who we are? There is an additional
interest when we see how a famous person sees another famous person. In this
case we will understand how St John Chrysostom describes Apostle Paul. There
are many ways of describing someone we admire. And we should have true and
important people as our role models…not just ephemeral idols who do not show us
a way of bettering ourselves. St John expresses his admiration and respect in
the following way, showing St Paul’s significance for Christianity, not only
for his time but for all ages:
‘Paul the apostle, the chosen
vessel, the temple of God, the mouth of Christ, the lyre of the Spirit, the
teacher of the world, he who crossed land and sea, who drew out the thorns of
sin, who sowed the seeds of piety, he who was richer than kings, mightier than
the wealthy, stronger than a soldier, wiser than the philosophers, more
eloquent than the orators, he who possessed nothing and yet had gained
everything, who loosed death by his shadow, who put disease to flight by his
garments, who won a victory on the sea, who was snatched up to the third heaven,
who entered paradise, who proclaimed Christ as God…’ [1]
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