Concerning Vainglory and the Education of Children
| Latin Title: | De inani Gloria et de educandis liberis |
| Reference: | CPG 4455 |
| Incipit: | Ἆρά τις ἐποίησεν ὅπερ ἠξίωσα; |
| Date: | Mid to late 380s (Kelly) |
| Greek Texts: | S. Haidacher, Des hl. Joh. Chrysostomus Büchlein über Hoffart und Kindererziehung samt ein der Blumenlese über Jugenderziehung, aus seinen Schriften übersetzt und herausgegeben, Freiburg i. B. 1907.
A.-M. Malingrey, Jean Chrysostome. Sur la vaine gloire et l’éducation des enfants (SC 188), Paris: Les Éditions du CERF, 1972. |
| English Translation: | M.L.W. Laistner, Christianity and Pagan Culture in the Roman Empire, together with an English translation of John Chrysostom’s “Address on Vainglory and the Right Way for Parents to Bring Up Their Children”, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1951.
Laistner’s translation is available online here. |
| Other Modern Translations: | French (A.-M. Malingrey); Italian, Modern Greek, German, Polish, and Spanish (see Centre for Early Christian Studies) |
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