John Chrysostom's 90 homilies on the Gospel of Matthew — the most extensive patristic commentary on this gospel, combining close exegesis with fierce social ethics.
The Antiochene exegetical tradition: literal-historical reading of Scripture rather than the allegorical method of Alexandria — Chrysostom reads Matthew for its plain historical and moral sense. Social radicalism: Chrysostom's homilies on Matthew contain some of the most direct denunciations of wealth and calls for redistribution in patristic literature. 'The Chrysostom': his eloquence in Greek earned him the epithet 'Golden Mouth' (Chrysostom).
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