John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom, c. 349 – 407, Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father.
347-407 AD, John Chrysostom: “All is in God’s power, but so that our free-will is not lost...it depends therefore on us and on Him. We must first choose the good, and then He adds what belongs to Him. He does not precede our willing, that our free-will may not suffer. But when we have chosen, then He affords us much help...It is ours to choose beforehand and to will, but God’s to perfect and bring to the end.” (On Hebrews, Homily 12, emphasis mine)
