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Peter Chrysologus

5th century · AD 450 · Western · 160 passages

Background on Peter Chrysologus

In his own words on James

  • James 1:13

    God is said to tempt when he abandons those who stubbornly fall into the snares of temptation. That is how Adam succumbed to the wiles of the tempter when he abandoned the commands of the Creator.

    SERMONS 70

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.