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John Chrysostom is a Church Father whose surviving sermons against Judaizing Christians are cited for their role in the development of Christian antisemitism. Through at least 2015 the opening noted that eight of these sermons remain controversial for their impact on the development of Christian antisemitism. Today the opening does not mention antisemitism at all, though the word survives eight times in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn from the opening that his sermons are tied by the article itself to the development of Christian antisemitism.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 8. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The original opening line identifying him by dates and title as Archbishop of Constantinople, reworded into a restructured lead sentence.
  • The original phrasing crediting his eloquence in preaching and public speaking, reworded rather than removed in substance.
  • A passage describing events after his death, or according to some accounts during his life, dropped from the opening.
  • A passage on how the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches honor him as a saint, dropped from the opening.
  • The sentence naming his sermons’ impact on the development of Christian antisemitism, and a reference to his role in destruction of pagan sites, dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 15913694):

John Chrysostom ( 347 - 407 ) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople . He is famous for eloquence in public speaking and his denunciation of abuse of authority in the Church and in the Roman Empire of the time. He had notable ascetic sensibilities. After his death he was named Chrysostom , which comes from the Greek chrysostomos , “golden mouthed”. The Orthodox Church honors him as a saint (feastday, November 13 ) and count him among the Three Holy Hierarchs (feastday, January 30 ), together with Saints Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian . He is also recognized by the Catholic Church , which considers him a saint and a D…

2025 (revision 1297438597):

Archbishop of Constantinople from 347 to 407 This article is about the Christian saint. For other uses, see Chrysostomos (disambiguation) . Catholic Church portal Philosophy portal v t e John Chrysostom ( / ˈ k r ɪ s ə s t ə m , k r ɪ ˈ s ɒ s t ə m / ; Greek : Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος, Latin : Ioannes Chrysostomus ; c. 347 – 14 September 407) was an important Church Father who served as archbishop of Constantinople . He is known for his preaching and public speaking , his denunciation of abuse of authority by both ecclesiastical and political leaders, his Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom , and his ascetic sensibilities. He was also the author of Adversus Judaeos and was strongly anti-Jud…

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