This study retraces the principal moments of the Latin reception of John Chrysostom between c.1440 and 1600 and how they reflect on the study of ancient Christianity in early modern Europe. After a short Introduction to Chrysostom’s reception in medieval Europe and existing historiography on early modern patristics, the first section of this study focusses on the reception of Chrysostom in the fifteenth century. Chapter 1 examines the collaboration between cardinal Jean Jouffroy and the humanist translator Francesco Griffolini in Renaissance Rome. Chapter 2 explores the career and editorial work of the scholastic writer Johannes Heynlin and his impact on Basel’s rise as a centre of patristic studies. The second part of this study investigates the translations and interpretations of Chrysostom by the renowned Dutch humanist, Desiderius Erasmus. Chapter 3 argues that Erasmus advanced Chrysostom as a Pauline theologian in a way deliberately opposed to contemporary Latin traditions of exegesis. Chapter 4 interprets Erasmus’ editions and translations of Chrysostom against the breakdown of his friendship with the Protestant theologian Johannes Oecolampadius. Chapter 5 asks whether Erasmus’ biography of Chrysostom and criticism of spurious texts of the Greek church fathers confirms or contrasts recent investigations of Erasmus’ scholarship on their Latin counterparts. The third part of this study follows the reception of Chrysostom’s life and works in the Catholic world during and after the Council of Trent. Chapter 6 studies the use of Chrysostom’s works at this Council by cardinal Marcello Cervini and his client Gentian Hervet. Chapter 7 uses Chrysostom’s changing place in the Roman breviary to explore Catholic attitudes to historical scholarship and the Greek church in the sixteenth-century. A short conclusion suggests avenues for future research into the reception of Chrysostom in early modern Europe.

Le présent ouvrage livre la première édition et la première traduction de l’ensemble des chaînes aux Proverbes recensées pour les Chapitres 1 à 3 ; 8, 22-36 ; 30, 15-33 et 31, 10-31 des Proverbes. Les résultats de cette recherche permettent de considérer sous un jour nouveau la mouvance observée entre les différentes traditions caténaires. L’apport d’un manuscrit jusqu’ici négligé, le Bodleianus Barocci 195, permet de démêler l’écheveau de textes amalgamés, non délimités, souvent anonymes et parfois fautivement attribués par les caténistes ou les critiques. Il permet de retrouver un état de texte long et articulé, sous la forme d’un commentaire continu, de l’exégèse de Didyme aux Proverbes, quand les autres traditions ont eu tendance à la pulvériser sous la forme d’une multitude de scholies. Le commentaire qui accompagne cette édition repense à la fois les rapports entre les différentes formes de textes et le rapport de ces textes aux textes d’auteurs, jusqu’à redéfinir les contours d’un genre généralement conçu de façon trop monolithique : la chaîne exégétique. Outre les fragments nouveaux qu’il porte à la connaissance du public, le présent ouvrage se propose de reconstruire, sur la base de l’échantillon considéré, la personnalité herméneutique et littéraire d’auteurs qui ne sont pas conservés, pour les commentaires aux Proverbes, autrement que par cette forme de littérature secondaire : Didyme d’Alexandrie au premier chef, mais aussi Hippolyte et Origène. La mise en regard des traditions caténaires donne un riche aperçu de la réception patristique du premier des trois livres bibliques attribués au Roi Salomon. / The present work gives the first edition and first translation of all the catenae on the Proverbs known to these days, for parts commenting on Chapters 1 to 3 ; 8, 22-36 ; 30, 15-33 and 31, 10-31. The results of my inquiry allow to give a new signification to the mobility between the different traditions. The rediscovery of a neglected witness, the Bodleianus Barocci 195, brings some new light on texts amalgamated, without clear delimitation, often anonymous, and sometimes wrongly ascribed to antique writers by compilers or modern critics. It allows to have access to an extended and more articulated state of text for Didymus’ work on the Proverbs: a running commentary, not membra disjecta. The analysis in a separate volume rethinks the links between the different forms of texts and those between the catenary texts and the original texts. It renews our understanding of a too strictly defined genre: the exegetical catena. In addition to new fragments edited for the first time, the present work tries to rebuild the exegetic and literary personality of authors whose commentaries on the Proverbs are not preserved out of this form of secondary literature: Didymus of Alexandria first, but also Hippolytus and Origen. The parallel established between the various catenary traditions gives a rich insight into the Patristic reception of the first of the three biblical books ascribed to King Salomon.

Summaries and keywords in English and Afrikaans / John Henry Newman maak in sy outobiografiese geskrifte 'n aantal belangrike verwysings na sy toewyding aan Johannes Chrysostomos. Is dit bloot 'n kwessie van vroomheid, of dui dit op 'n dieper verband met die punt dat Newman in sy eie teologiese begrip, geestelike insig en pastorale praktyk deur Chrysostomos beïnvloed word? Hierdie proefskrif poog om te toon dat die besonderse voorbereiding van Newman vir die lees van die Kerkvaders, en in besonder, sy omvattende begrip van Grieks, hom van jongs af tot 'n verdieping in die patristiese denke georiënteer het, 'n feit wat hoofsaaklik deur sy Briewe en Dagboeke getoon word. Die aanhaling van Chrysostomos as 'n teologiese gesag, in Newman se leerstellige geskrifte en in sy gepubliseerde prediking, word toenemend duidelik en demonstreer wat beskou kan word as teologiese eienskappe wat die twee teoloë gemeen het. In Newman se geestelike begeleiding, veral in sy geestelike bystand en begeleiding van vroue, blyk daar 'n korrelasie te wees met raad wat Chrysostomos in soortgelyke omstandighede gegee het. In hierdie studie word dit ondersoek in 'n vergelyking van die briewe van Chrysostomos aan Olympias, en die korrespondensie van Newman met Maria Giberne. Behalwe enkele teologiese ooreenkomste en invloede, eksplisiet sowel as implisiet, is daar bewyse dat Newman iemand baie soortgelyk aan homself in Chrysostomos gesien het: 'n diep teologiese denker wat as gevolg van sy prediking prominent geword het en aansienlike institusionele weerstand op 'n diep persoonlike manier weerstaan het, en ‘n aansienlike mate van verlies as gevolg van sy oortuiging gely het, en tog onbelemmerd in sy getrouheid aan wat hy as sy missie verstaan het, gebly het, as priester,teoloog, leraar en predikant. / John Henry Newman makes a number of significant references in his autobiographical writings to his devotion to John Chrysostom. Is this simply a matter of piety, or does it reveal a deeper connection to the point that Newman is influenced in his own theological understanding, spiritual insight, and pastoral practice by Chrysostom? This thesis attempts to demonstrate that Newman’s very particular preparation for reading the Fathers, and in particular, his comprehensive grasp of Greek, orientated him, from an early age, towards an immersion in Patristic thought, a fact largely demonstrated by his Letters and Diaries. Citation of Chrysostom as a theological authority, in Newman’s doctrinal writings, and in his published preaching, becomes increasingly evident, and demonstrates what might be considered theological characteristics the two theologians hold in common. In Newman’s spiritual direction, particularly in his spiritual accompaniment and guidance of women, there appears to be a correlation with advice given by Chrysostom in similar circumstances; in the present study this is treated in a comparison of the letters of Chrysostom to Olympias, and Newman’s correspondence with Maria Giberne. Beyond any theological similarities, and influences both explicit and implicit, there is evidence that Newman saw in Chrysostom someone very similar to himself: a profound theological thinker, who rose to prominence as a result of his preaching, and who met with serious institutional opposition expressed in a deeply personal way, suffered a considerable amount of loss as a result of holding to his convictions, and yet remained undeterred in his fidelity to what he understood to be his mission, as a priest, a theologian, a teacher and a pastor. / New Testament / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)