It's not in the Bible. He was Archbishop of Constantinople (300ad). Some 700 sermons and 246 letters by John Chrysostom survive, plus biblical commentaries, moral discourses, and theological treatises.
A long winded false prophet is still a false prophet. Only a murderer would say to viciously beat your enemies instead of praying for them and trying to bring them to the truth.
The way I read this is that the threat of violence for transgressions can be an effective deterrent. i.e.: Jesus and the moneylenders.
He's not calling for their murder btw. He's saying make it absolutely unacceptable in your society to blaspheme, and the problem will HAVE TO go away. Public shaming works. Shunning works. He isn't wrong.
I'm not saying there aren't better ways, but his advice is quick and efficient, and is a great example how Christianity isn't a 'lay down and die' when oppressed religion, as much of it has been cucked into today.
Jesus cleared the temple of blasphemy as a typical example of what must happen in the church. He didn’t go around assaulting people for blasphemy or heresy. He told us to love our enemies and feed them. He also explained that attacking someone or insulting someone like that makes you a murderer in your heart. You know who else thinks punching people for wrong speech is the right way to go? Antifa, Islam, fundamentalist Jews, communists, etc. You really think the threat of violence, the way the world brings people to submission, is how the almighty God wants people to be brought to loving obedience? He wants loving submission given by free will. Our battle isn’t fought with worldly weapons and yet here you are wanting to use the weapons of men to force compliance, exercising authority never given to you.
Where is this in the Bible?
It's not in the Bible. He was Archbishop of Constantinople (300ad). Some 700 sermons and 246 letters by John Chrysostom survive, plus biblical commentaries, moral discourses, and theological treatises.
A long winded false prophet is still a false prophet. Only a murderer would say to viciously beat your enemies instead of praying for them and trying to bring them to the truth.
The way I read this is that the threat of violence for transgressions can be an effective deterrent. i.e.: Jesus and the moneylenders.
He's not calling for their murder btw. He's saying make it absolutely unacceptable in your society to blaspheme, and the problem will HAVE TO go away. Public shaming works. Shunning works. He isn't wrong.
I'm not saying there aren't better ways, but his advice is quick and efficient, and is a great example how Christianity isn't a 'lay down and die' when oppressed religion, as much of it has been cucked into today.
Jesus cleared the temple of blasphemy as a typical example of what must happen in the church. He didn’t go around assaulting people for blasphemy or heresy. He told us to love our enemies and feed them. He also explained that attacking someone or insulting someone like that makes you a murderer in your heart. You know who else thinks punching people for wrong speech is the right way to go? Antifa, Islam, fundamentalist Jews, communists, etc. You really think the threat of violence, the way the world brings people to submission, is how the almighty God wants people to be brought to loving obedience? He wants loving submission given by free will. Our battle isn’t fought with worldly weapons and yet here you are wanting to use the weapons of men to force compliance, exercising authority never given to you.