Chrysostom was a contemporary of Augustine and at one point, as bishop of Antioch, was a man of greater influence. He believed in the ideal of individual self government, but failed as a politician. He did not perceive the church as a ruling political p
ower, and was eventually driven from his post by those who did.
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What is "ideal" does not necessarily work in practice. Chrystosom pursued an agenda that favored the individual's right to self government, and failed to take into accont the forces of a growing national power, the Roman Catholic Church.
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