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Catechetical Lectures

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Catechetical Lectures

St. Cyril of Jerusalem · c. 350 AD

10h 43m read

Nicene

Instructions to catechumens preparing for baptism, a comprehensive exposition of the creed and Christian sacraments.

Table of Contents

1Procatechesis, or Prologue to the Catechetical Lectures of our Holy Father, Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem 2To those who are to be Enlightened, delivered extempore at Jerusalem, as an Introductory Lecture to those who had come forward for Baptism 3On Repentance and Remission of Sins, and Concerning the Adversary 4On Baptism 5On the Ten Points of Doctrine 6Of Faith 7Concerning the Unity of God. On the Article, I Believe in One God. Also Concerning Heresies 8Of Heresies.9The Father 10Almighty 11On the Words, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of All Things Visible and Invisible 12On the Clause, and in One Lord Jesus Christ, with a Reading from the First Epistle to the Corinthians 13On the Words, the Only-Begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father Very God Before All Ages, by Whom All Things Were Made 14On the words Incarnate, and Made Man 15On the words, Crucified and Buried 16On 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 Father 17On the Clause, And Shall Come in Glory to Judge the Quick and the Dead; Of Whose Kingdom There Shall Be No End 18On the Article, And in One Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Which Spake in the Prophets 19Continuation of the Discourse on the Holy Ghost 20On the Words, And in One Holy Catholic Church, and in the Resurrection of the Flesh, and the Life Everlasting 21On the Mysteries. II: Of Baptism 22On the Mysteries. III: On Chrism 23On the Mysteries. IV: On the Body and Blood of Christ 24On the Mysteries. V: On the Sacred Liturgy and Communion