THE PAULINE FORMULA INDUERE
CHRISTUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO THE WORKS OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

DISSERTATION

Submitted to the Faculty of the Sacred Sciences at the Catholic University of America in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Doctorate in Theology

BY THE REVEREND LEO JOSEPH OHLEYER, O.F.M., S.T.L. OF THE PROVINCE OF THE SACRED HEART ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, D. C. 1921

CONTENTS

Title Page: THE PAULINE FORMULA INDUERE CHRISTUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WORKS OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

THE PAULINE FORMULA INDUERE CHRISTUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE WORKS OF ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I  HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF “INDUERE CHRISTUM” IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND IN MODERN TIMES

I. “INDUERE CHRISTUM”: A METAPHOR DERIVED FROM THE IDEA OF PUTTING ON A GARMENT

II. THE METAPHOR “INDUERE CHRISTUM,” A HEBREW ORIGINAL

III. THE METAPHOR “INDUERE CHRISTUM” A GREEK ORIGINAL

IV. THE METAPHOR “INDUERE CHRISTUM” DERIVED FROM VARIOUS CIVIL OR RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS

1. “INDUERE CHRISTUM” DERIVED FROM CHRISTIAN CUSTOMS

2. “INDUERE CHRISTUM” DERIVED FROM JEWISH CUSTOMS

3. “INDUERE CHRISTUM” DERIVED FROM PAGAN CUSTOMS

CHAPTER II  INTERPRETATION OF “INDUERE CHRISTUM” ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

I. ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ IN ROM. 13:14

1. EXHORTATION TO PUT ON THE ARMS OF LIGHT

2. EXHORTATION TO “PUT OFF EVIL”

3. EXHORTATION TO PUT ON CHRIST

4. EXPLANATION OF THE ΕΝΔΥΣΑΣΘΕ—ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ

5. CONFIRMATION OF THE REALITY OF CHRIST’S INDWELLING IN US

6. FURTHER EXPLANATION OF “INDUERE CHRISTUM” AND OF ITS EFFECTS

7. EXPLANATION OF “INDUERE CHRISTUM” BY A PROVERB

8. CONFIRMATION OF THE MEANING OF THE PROVERB

9. CONCLUSION OF THE EXPOSITION OF THE ΕΝΔΥΣΑΣΘΕ … ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ

II. ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ IN GAL. 3:27

1. THE “HORRENDUM MYSTERIUM” OF ΕΝΕΔΥΣΑΣΘΕ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE “HORRENDUM MYSTERIUM”

3. TO BE BORN OF GOD, A “HORRENDUM MYSTERIUM”

CHAPTER III  HISTORICO-LITERARY INVESTIGATION OF ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ

I. MEANING OF ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ ACCORDING TO LEXICOGRAPHERS

II. (ΕΝ) ΔΥΕΙΝ-(ΕΝ) ΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN THE HELLENIC WORLD

1. ΔΥΩ AND ΕΝΔΥΩ IN HOMER

2. METAPHORICAL USE OF ΔΥΕΙΝ IN AESCHYLUS

3. ΔΥΕΙΝ-ΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ AND ITS COMPOUNDS IN HERODOTUS

4. ΔΥΕΙΝ, ΕΙΣΔΥΕΙΝ AND ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ IN SOPHOCLES

5. ΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ, ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ, AND ΕΙΣΔΥΕΙΝ IN EURIPIDES

6. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN ARISTOPHANES

7. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ AND ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN XENOPHON

8. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN PLATO

9. ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN ARISTOTLE

10. THE METAPHOR ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ ΤΙΝΑ IN DIONYSIUS

11. ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN PHILO

12. ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN JOSEPHUS

13. METAPHORICAL USE OF ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ BY CHRISTIAN WRITERS

14. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ AND ΑΠΟΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN LUCIAN

15. THE METAPHOR ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ TINA IN EUSEBIUS

16. THE METAPHOR ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ TINA IN LIBANIUS

III. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE

1. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN THE LXX

2. ΕΝΔΥΕΙΝ-ΕΝΔΥΕΣΘΑΙ IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

CHAPTER IV  APPLICATION OF THE RESULTS TO ROM. 13:14, AND GAL. 3:27

COROLLARY