The Works of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Volume 2

Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop of the Holy City in the middle of the fourth century, delivered eighteen catechetical lectures during Lent to his candidates for baptism at Easter; actually, there were nineteen including the preliminary instruction, or Procatechesis. An earlier volume of the Fathers of the Church series contains the preliminary material and the first twelve lectures. The present volume contains Catechetical Lectures 13-18 and Cyril's five Mystagogical Catecheses, which, delivered during the week after Easter, describe and explain the rites of Baptism, Chrismation, and Eucharist, all of which Cyril's newly baptized adult listeners have just experienced. In addition, this volume includes Cyril's only extant sermon (on the paralytic of John 5) and a letter to the newly crowned Emperor Constantius, in which Cyril interprets the apparition of a shining cross in the sky over Jerusalem. Select Bibliography ix Abbreviations ..................................... x Lenten Lectures (Katecheseis) Foreword to the Catecheses 13-18 .................. 3 Lenten Lectures 13-18 ........................... 4 Mystagogical Lectures (Katecheseis Mystagogikai) Introduction to the Mystagogical Lectures. . . . . . . . .. 143 Mystagogical Lectures ............................ 153 Sermon on the Paralytic (Homilia eis ton paralytikon ton epi ten kolymbethran) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. 207 Letter to Constantius (Epistole pros Konstantion). . . . .. 225 Fragments 239 Indices General Index for Lenten Lectures 13-18 .......... 243 General Index for Mystagogical Lectures, Sermon on the Paralytic, and Letter to Constantius ...... 248 Index of Holy Scripture 254 Translated By Leo P. Mccauley And Anthony A. Stephenson. Originally Published In 2 Vols.: 1969-1970. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Ix-x). Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.