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The Catechetical Lectures
St. Cyril of Jerusalem · 4th century
St. Cyril of Jerusalem · image, public domain
The talks Cyril gave in Jerusalem, around the year 350, to people preparing for baptism at Pascha. He walks them through the Creed line by line.
The last five were given after their baptism and explain the Mysteries they had just received.
Contents
- 1Procatechesis, or Prologue to the Catechetical Lectures of our Holy Father, Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem15 min read
- 2Lecture 1: To those who are to be Enlightened, delivered extempore at Jerusalem, as an Introductory Lecture to those who had come forward for Baptism5 min read
- 3Lecture 2: On Repentance and Remission of Sins, and Concerning the Adversary20 min read
- 4Lecture 3: On Baptism15 min read
- 5Lecture 4: On the Ten Points of Doctrine25 min read
- 6Lecture 5: Of Faith15 min read
- 7Lecture 6: Concerning the Unity of God. On the Article, I Believe in One God. Also Concerning Heresies35 min read
- 8Lecture 7: The Father15 min read
- 9Lecture 8: Almighty5 min read
- 10Lecture 9: On the Words, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of All Things Visible and Invisible15 min read
- 11Lecture 10: On the Clause, and in One Lord Jesus Christ, with a Reading from the First Epistle to the Corinthians20 min read
- 12Lecture 11: On the Words, the Only-Begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father Very God Before All Ages, by Whom All Things Were Made20 min read
- 13Lecture 12: On the words Incarnate, and Made Man35 min read
- 14Lecture 13: On the words, Crucified and Buried40 min read
- 15Lecture 14: On the Words, And Rose Again from the Dead on the Third Day, and Ascended into the Heavens, and Sat on the Right Hand of the Father30 min read
- 16Lecture 15: On the Clause, And Shall Come in Glory to Judge the Quick and the Dead; Of Whose Kingdom There Shall Be No End35 min read
- 17Lecture 16: On the Article, And in One Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Which Spake in the Prophets30 min read
- 18Lecture 17: Continuation of the Discourse on the Holy Ghost35 min read
- 19Lecture 18: On the Words, And in One Holy Catholic Church, and in the Resurrection of the Flesh, and the Life Everlasting30 min read
- 20Lecture 19: First Lecture on the Mysteries5 min read
- 21Lecture 20: On the Mysteries. II: Of Baptism5 min read
- 22Lecture 21: On the Mysteries. III: On Chrism5 min read
- 23Lecture 22: On the Mysteries. IV: On the Body and Blood of Christ5 min read
- 24Lecture 23: On the Mysteries. V: On the Sacred Liturgy and Communion10 min read
About this edition
Translated by Edwin Hamilton Gifford, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 7 (1894).
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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