Cyril of Jerusalem
Bishop of Jerusalem, Doctor of the Church, and author of the Catechetical Lectures
Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313–386) was an Early Church theologian and bishop of Jerusalem.[1] 18 March is the date on which both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England hold commemorations for Cyril.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- c. AD 313
- Died
- AD 386 (aged 73)
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- Anglican Communion
- Lutheran Church
- Birthplace
- possibly near Caesarea Maritima, Syria Palaestina
- Place of death
- Jerusalem, Palaestina Salutaris
- Titles
- Confessor of the Faith
- Doctor of the Church
- Bishop
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Cyril succeeded Maximus as bishop of Jerusalem around the end of 350 AD.[3] A church council deposed Cyril in 357, but the Council of Seleucia reinstated him in 359.[4] Cyril was banished again by Emperor Valens in 367 and returned after Valens's death in 378.[5] At the First Council of Constantinople in 381, Cyril voted for the term homoousios.[5]
He died in 386.[5] Before becoming a bishop, Cyril's early life is poorly documented, and the 315 date for his birth is only an estimate.[6] Bishop Macarius made Cyril a deacon around 335, and about eight years later Bishop Maximus ordained him as a priest.[3] The traveler Egeria recorded that Cyril functioned as a preacher and liturgist.[7]
What the cited sources add
The same lecture teaches that the seeming bread is not bread but the Body of Christ, and the seeming wine is not wine but the Blood of Christ.[8] He calls baptism a "garment of light" and a "holy indissoluble seal".[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walsh, Michael, ed., 1991, Butler's Lives of the Saints. HarperCollins Publishers: New York, pp. 83. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Liturgical Calendar for the Dioceses of the United States", Liturgical calendar; "The Calendar", Common worship (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year" edited by Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist., PhD, New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1955, p. 112.; a. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Di Berardino, Angelo. 1992. Encyclopedia of the early church. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 312. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henry Palmer Chapman (1908). "St. Cyril of Jerusalem". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company.; "CR Meyer Manpower Planner", crmmanpowerplanner.crmeyer.com; "Lives of the Saints, For Every Day of the Year" edited by Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist., PhD, New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1955, p. 112.; Andrew Louth, 'Palestine', in Frances Young et al., The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature, (2010), p284. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Johann Jakob Herzog, "The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing Biblical, Historical…", Funk & Wagnalls Co., 18 March 1909; Butler, "The Lives or the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints", J. Duffy, D. & J. Sadlier, & Co., 1866 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cyril of Jerusalem" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: John Wilkinson: Egeria's Travels. Oxbow Books, Oxford 2015. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "CHURCH FATHERS: Catechetical Lecture 22 (Cyril of Jerusalem)", www.newadvent.org. facts only, no text reused. newadvent.org
- "Philip Schaff: NPNF2-07. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen – Christian Classics Ethereal Library", www.ccel.org. facts only, no text reused. ccel.org
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