Abstract

GARBACEA, Radu. An alleged homily on the paralytic by John Chrysostom in the codex Athonensis, Lauras A 112 (Eustratiadis 112). Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2022, vol.78, n.1, pp.1-6. ISSN 2072-8050.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v78i1.7882.

Through the efforts of the Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT), a list of manuscripts is available that preserves homilies on the healing of the paralytic. Included in this list is the codex Athonensis, Lauras A 112 (Eustratiadis 112), which, according to those who provided its second description, preserves in the last four folios 'a homily on the paralytic by John Chrysostom'. After a brief presentation of what is known about this codex, this article offers a detailed examination of the codex's last four folios, revealing that the description of them by Spyridon Lauriotis and Sophronios Eustratiadis is inaccurate. CONTRIBUTION: This article provides the first thorough examination of the last four folios of the codex Athonensis, Lauras A 112 (Eustratiadis 112), demonstrating that they do not contain 'a homily on the paralytic by John Chrysostom' but rather several fragments of homilies on Thomas, Mid-Pentecost and the Ascension. Thus, the article contributes to the description of the codex and to the identification of a previously unknown manuscript witness to several homilies.

Keywords : Athonensis, Lauras A 112 (Eustratiadis 112); the healing of the paralytic; John Chrysostom; Proclus of Constantinople; Leontius, presbyter of Constantinople; Pseudo-Chrysostom.

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