CHAPTER XVI.

Chrysostom’s Visit to Asia—Deposition of six simoniacal Bishops—Legitimate Extent of his Jurisdiction—Return to Constantinople—Rupture and reconciliation with Severian, bishop of Gabala—Chrysostom’s increasing unpopularity with the Clergy and wealthy Laity—His Friends—Olympias the Deaconess—Formation of hostile Factions, which invite the aid of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria. A.D. 400, 401, 265