CATECHETICAL LECTURES I-XII With PROTOCATECHESIS St. Cyril of Jerusalem Early Church Father and Doctor of the Church PROCATECHESIS PROLOGUE TO THE CATECHETICAL LECTURES OF CYRIL, ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']1[/dropcaps]. ALREADY there is an odour of blessedness upon you, O ye who are soon to be enlightened1:...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]hough many, we are one body, and members one of another, united by Christ in the bonds of love. Christ has made Jews and Gentiles one by breaking down the barrier that divided us and abolishing the law with its precepts...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']L[/dropcaps]et us take our stand on the tower, leaning with all our strength on Christ, the most solid rock, as it is written: He has set my feet on a rock, he has guided my steps. Thus firmly established, let us begin...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]here was only one mode of birth that was worthy of God, and that was to be born of a Virgin. Equally, who could come from a Virgin birth except God himself? The maker of mankind, if he was to...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e read in the gospel that when the Lord was teaching his disciples and urged them to share in his passion by the mystery of eating his body, some said: This is a hard saying, and from that time they...
Here St. Basil asks if boasting is ever appropriate and answers yes -- we are to boast only of the Jesus Christ crucified, finding our righteousness in Jesus. In his cross, human pride is laid low....
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Way of Light is this: if any man wants to journey to his appointed home then he must put his whole heart into his work. To aid our steps on the road, illumination has been given to us as...
CHAP. I.-- SALUTATION AND INTRODUCTION [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]ll hail, ye sons and daughters, in the name of our Lord(1) Jesus Christ, who loved us in peace. Seeing that the divine fruits(3) of righteousness abound among you, I rejoice exceedingly and above measure in your happy and...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e, the Christian community, assemble to celebrate the memory of the martyrs with ritual solemnity because we want to be inspired to follow their example, share in their merits, and be helped by their prayers. Yet we erect no altars...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]e entreat you, brothers, as earnestly as we are able, to have charity, not only for one another, but also for those who are outside the Church. Of these some are still pagans, who have not yet made an act...