I have 55-60 or more volumes of The Fathers of the Church series on my shelves or in .pdf format that I downloaded for free at the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php), and I recommend these ONLY for those who are going to read them, and read them critically. They can be very helpful from a historical/theological level. If one is not prepared to engage in serious reading, then I do not recommend purchasing them. But if one is prepared to read them critically with the intent to engage Roman and Eastern Orthodox apologists, then one must read broadly and extensively.
I have this work by Epiphanius, as well as his much larger work on The Panarion (two volumes published by Brill).
Do tell please, what work(s) by John Chrysostom???
Yes, I have read the three volumes of Cyril's commentary on Isaiah (unfinished by the translator who died before he could complete it), plus all three volumes on the minor prophets published in The Fathers of the Church series. Of all the patristics, Cyril of Alexandria focuses repeatedly on what we today would call the biblical doctrine of justification by faith and union with Christ. He is, in my opinion, unsurpassedin that particular emphasis. Here are some examples . . .
Here is what the editor of this work states: "One of Basil’s primary sources in Against Eunomius is scripture. His use of scripture includes explicit citations, verbal reminiscences, and allusions. Like most theologians of his era, Basil develops his doctrine of God by reflecting upon and interpreting scripture. For Basil, good theology consists in explicating what scripture reveals about God and standing in silent adoration before the mystery of what it does not reveal. Scripture not only reveals the content of theology, but also instructs the theologian in how language operates. Scripture dictates what the theologian can and cannot say. This is not to say that Basil did not approach the scriptures with metaphysical assumptions about God. He would have seen these assumptions confirmed by scripture. For Basil, scripture is the foundation and touchstone for all theology."
What I find interesting about these homilies on Genesisis is John Chrysostom emphasis on Scripture, the need to read Scripture and to teach from it. You see repeatedly throughout these volumes his emphasis on ἀκρίβεια (precision) in connection with Holy Scripture. This was one of Chrysostom’s favorite phrases, “the precision of Sacred Scripture.” For Chrysostom, precision is a distinctive feature of the biblical text. See, for example, FC, Vol. 82, Homilies on Genesis 18-45, 18.3, 9, 20; 20.5; 21.8, 11; 22.5, 6; 23.4, 8; 24.5; 25.10, 20; 26.15; 27.16, 17, 23; 29.22; 30.4; 31.18; 33.4; 35.4, 8, 9; 36.12; 38.6; 39.11; 43.3 (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1990), in which we find this phrase or its equivalent some 28 times: pp. 4, 9, 15, 38, 56, 59, 71, 90, 93, 107, 131, 139, 155, 173, 174, 179, 213, 222, 249, 278, 306, 309, 310, 334, 359, 381-382, 437; See also Vol. 74, Homilies on Genesis 1-17, Homily 7.9-10, 13.5, 13, 15.11 (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1986), pp. 96, 171, 175, 200; FC, Vol. 87, Homilies on Genesis 46-67, Homilies 49.3, 55..5 (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1992), pp. 43, 109. This is one of the features of his love for scripture that comes to the forefront in virtually all of his homilies. Please ask Dr. Noe what he thinks of that use of ἀκρίβεια by John Chrysostom.
Yes, 67 homilies in all.
