ON THE HOMILY ON THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD: ADMONITION
At what time Chrysostom delivered this homily, he himself indicates in the beginning, not obscurely, by these words: "We have previously discoursed to you concerning the dogmas and the glory of the only-begotten Son of God, silencing those who tear down His dignity and alienate Him from Him who begat Him." Here he refers to the sermons against the Anomoeans who were trying to undermine the glory of the Only-Begotten, which he completed at the beginning of the year 386, as we have demonstrated in the Admonition to those same works. From this, it is argued that this homily was delivered at the start of the year 387, and indeed before the Lent of that year, which he spent entirely in lamenting the calamities of the people of Antioch after the overturning of the statues. See the Admonition to those homilies at the beginning of this volume.
Furthermore, the subject of this sermon is set forth by the holy Doctor in the exordium. It treats of the Resurrection of the dead, the truth of which is asserted throughout; of establishing a life according to God; of undertaking labors with the magnitude of the reward in mind; and it is proven by the example of Paul that some reward for good works is bestowed even in this life. The Manichaeans are also refuted in passing, for they falsely claimed that bodies and human nature are in themselves evil. We have published the translation of an uncertain author, corrected in many places, alongside the Greek text.