The identity of the author of the Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum is one of the great mysteries of early Christian literature. While the work was attributed to St. John Chrysostom for over a thousand years, modern scholarship has confirmed that he did not write it. Here is what we currently know about the “real” author: […]
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