Pierre Molinié: John Chrysostom on Philippians: Connections Between Exegesis and Parenesis.

John Chrysostom's exegetical homilies are characterized by the alliance of exegesis and exhortation: they usually consist of a part of exegetical commentary and a parenesis that can represent up to half of the entire homily. The relationship between these parts has often been questioned and, consequently, the link between exegesis and parenesis in the preacher's approach. In a book devoted to Chrysostom's commentary of 2 Co (CPG4429), we have shown that a large majority of its homilies combine the exegetical and parenetic parts in a coherent way: parenesis is part of the exegetical method. In this paper, we examine the case of the fifteen homilies on Paul's Epistle to the Philippians(CPG4432), focusing on the thematic and lexical coherence within each homily as well as the identification of the sutures attaching the commentary and exhortation. This paper is thus intended to provide additional elements to the dossier on this group of homilies, a "series" whose homogeneity has been undermined by the work of Pauline Allen and Wendy Mayer.