Catechetical Lectures 18.11–18.33

Summary: Against the Samaritans, who accept only the Law, Cyril argues from "I am the God of Abraham" and from Abraham's words on the judge of all the earth.

• The Samaritans accepted only the five books of Moses. Quotations: Exod 3:6 (as argued in Matt 22:32); Gen 18:25. The reading for the lecture was Ezek 37.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letter, digit); OCR misreading; OCR: joined words): v6μον → νόμον; καταδὲχονταιʼ οἶς ἀργον ἔοικε → καταδέχονται· οἷς ἀργὸν ἔοικε; Ἰεζεκιήλο προφήτας → Ἰεζεκιήλ· προφήτας; τοίνυνὸΘεὸς πρὸς τὸν Μωϋσῆνʼ → τοίνυν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τὸν Μωϋσῆν·; ὅτιτῶν ὄντων καὶ φεστηκότων. Ei γὰρ → ὅτι τῶν ὄντων καὶ ὑφεστηκότων. Εἰ γὰρ; ἐνδείξατι πλοῦτον, ’ὸν μὴ ἑκέκτητο → ἐνεδείξατο πλοῦτον, ὃν μὴ ἐκέκτητο; Οὖ γάρ εἶπεν. ’Ήμκν αὐτῶν → Οὐ γὰρ εἶπεν, Ἤμην αὐτῶν; κρίσις ἇστὶ → κρίσις ἐστὶ; ὁ Ἀβρααμ ’ Ὁ κρίνων → ὁ Ἀβραάμ· Ὁ κρίνων.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.11 (PG 33:1029a–1029b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: From the Law itself: if Moses' rod became a serpent, Aaron's rod budded, Lot's wife became salt, and Moses' hand was changed, God can raise bodies.

• Allusions: Exod 4:2–4; 7:10; Num 17:8; Job 14:9 ("the scent of water"); Gen 19:26; Exod 4:6–7. "In the fields" renders a word restored by sense (the scan has "in idle places").

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR misreading; ἀγροῖς restored by sense): πάλιτ οἱ ἀνόητοι → πάλιν οἱ ἀνόητοι; δτι Τὰς μὶν → ὅτι Τὰς μὲν; Ίσαάκ → Ἰσαάκ; Εἶτᾶ, τήν μὶν → Εἶτα, τὴν μὲν; καὶ τὸ μὶν παρά φύσιν ἐγὲνετοʼ τὸ δὶ → καὶ τὸ μὲν παρὰ φύσιν ἐγένετο· τὸ δὲ; τά ἐν ἀργοῖς βλαστήσασα* καὶ ἰν ξηροῖς μὶν κειμένη → τὰ ἐν ἀγροῖς βλαστήσασα· καὶ ἐν ξηροῖς μὲν κειμένη; ἐν νεκρῶν ὥσπερ → ἐκ νεκρῶν ὥσπερ; καί ἳνα μὶν → καὶ ἵνα μὲν; ἐταυματούργησενθ → ἐθαυματούργησεν·; ’Λαρὼν → Ἀαρὼν; χαρίζεται ;Καὶ γυνή μὶν παρά → χαρίζεται; Καὶ γυνὴ μὲν παρὰ; Καὶ στήλη μὶν → Καὶ στήλη μὲν; ἀνίσταταις Ηοίᾳ → ἀνίσταται; Ποίᾳ; ἠ χεὶρ → ἡ χεὶρ; ὥραν-ἰγένετο → ὥραν ἐγένετο; ἀποκατέστης πάντος δτι τῷ θείῳ προσ. τάγματι → ἀποκατέστη; Πάντως ὅτι τῷ θείῳ προστάγματι; ισχυρὸιθ,ιιὶ, δὲ οὐκέτι ἲσχὺρόν → ἰσχυρὸν, νῦν δὲ οὐκέτι ἰσχυρόν.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.12 (PG 33:1029c–1032a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Genesis, which the Samaritans accept, shows God forming man from dust and all creatures from nothing; he can therefore raise man.

• Quotations and allusions: Gen 2:7; Gen 1:1–25; 1:26–27; Gen 18:25.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading): Πόθεν δὶ καὶ → Πόθεν δὲ καὶ; ἐγεννήθη; ὁ ἄν. θρωπος, ὧ → ἐγεννήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὦ; Γραφῆς,ὂ καὶ ὑμεῖς καταδέχεσθε “ → Γραφῆς, ὃ καὶ ὑμεῖς καταδέχεσθε·; σάρκα οὗ πάλιν → σάρκα οὐ πάλιν; Ἐρωτητέον δὶ ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ὐπήοτησαν → Ἐρωτητέον δὲ ὑμᾶς, πόθεν ὑπέστησαν; θάλασσαις πόθεν → θάλασσα; πόθεν; πετεῖνὰ καὶ τὰ νηγτάς καὶ → πετεινὰ καὶ τὰ νηκτά; καὶ; ζῶα πάντα, Τοσαῦται → ζῶα πάντα; Τοσαῦται; έκ τοῦ μὴ → ἐκ τοῦ μὴ; άναστησόμεθα → ἀναστησόμεθα; ἂπιστούντωνο ὅταν ’Δβραᾶμ λέγῃ πρὸς τὸν Κύριοι, Ὀ → ἀπιστούντων· ὅταν Ἀβραὰμ λέγῃ πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, Ὁ; τῆν γῆν, καὶ ἀπιστῶσιν οἱ μανθάνοντις → τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἀπιστῶσιν οἱ μανθάνοντες.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.13 (PG 33:1032a–1032c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Texts that seem to deny the resurrection mean that the ungodly rise to condemnation and that repentance is possible only in this life.

• Quotations: Ps 1:5; Job 7:9; Ps 115:17 (LXX 113:25). "Confession" (ἐξομολόγησις) echoes Ps 6:5.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR: joined words; OCR: split word): ἆπίοτοις·τὲι δὶ έκ → ἀπίστοις· τὰ δὲ ἐκ; ἀπιποῦσι → ἀπιστοῦσι; ἡμῖν έκεῖνο τὸ, Οὔκ ἀναστήσονται οἳ ἀσεβεῖς έν κρίσειο καὶ το, → ἡμῖν ἐκεῖνο τὸ, Οὐκ ἀναστήσονται οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κρίσει· καὶ τὸ,; εἷς ’ᾲδην, οὐκέτι οὗ μὴ → εἰς ᾅδην, οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ; καί τὸ, Οὐχ οἳ νεκροὶ → καὶ τὸ, Οὐχ οἱ νεκροὶ; κακῶςγ καλὸν ἒν παραδρομῇ, καὶ ὡς ἐγχῶρεῖνῦν → κακῶς), καλὸν ἐν παραδρομῇ, καὶ ὡς ἐγχωρεῖ νῦν; Ἀσιβεἷς οὐκ ἀναστησονται → Ἀσεβεῖς οὐκ ἀναστήσονται; ἀλλʼ έν κατακρίσει → ἀλλʼ ἐν κατακρίσει; τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς· ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τά → τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς, ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τὰ; Και ἐὰν λέγῃ → Καὶ ἐὰν λέγῃ; αἷνέσουσί σε, Κύριε τοῦτο → αἰνέσουσί σε, Κύριε· τοῦτο; ἆφὲσεως → ἀφέσεως; ἐχούσης,ἒφʼ ᾗκαί → ἐχούσης, ἐφʼ ᾗ καὶ; ἀλλά ἀποδύρεσθαι → ἀλλὰ ἀποδύρεσθαι; μαστιζομὲνων → μαστιζομένων; ἐξομολογή σεως → ἐξομολογήσεως.

Topics: Eschatology, Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.14 (PG 33:1032c–1033b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Job's words on the tree that blossoms again, read as a question, and texts of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel teach the resurrection.

• Quotations (Job from the Septuagint): Job 7:9–10; 14:7–10; 14:14; 19:25–26; Isa 26:19; Ezek 37:12 ("the present prophet": the reading for the lecture); Dan 12:2. Cyril reads the last words of Job 14:10 as a question.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters, digits); OCR misreading; OCR: dropped word restored from the quoted verse; OCR: split word): ἃνθρωπος είς ᾅδην → ἄνθρωπος εἰς ᾅδην; βλὲπε → βλέπε; εἷς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον. Τοῦ κόσμοι → εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον. Τοῦ κόσμου; πῶς εἷς τὸν ἴδιον → πῶς εἰς τὸν ἴδιον; λὲγοντος· ’Ἐστι γὰρ δὲνδρφ → λέγοντος· Ἔστι γὰρ δένδρῳ; γηράσῃ ἐν ἡ ῥίζα → γηράσῃ ἐν γῇ ἡ ῥίζα; Μόνον γὰρ ουχί δυσωπῶν → Μονονουχὶ γὰρ δυσωπῶν; Καὶ ’ίνα μὴ → Καὶ ἵνα μὴ; Μετὰ πὰρ τὸ ίπιῖν ἱρωτηματιιιῶς, Πισὼν Gl βροτὸς οὗκίτι ἔστιν ; λέγει· Ἐὰν γᾶρ ἀποθάνῃ σʼὶνθριυτιεος1 ζή. σιται· → Μετὰ γὰρ τὸ εἰπεῖν ἐρωτηματικῶς, Πεσὼν δὲ βροτὸς οὐκέτι ἔστι; λέγει· Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀποθάνῃ ἄνθρωπος, ζήσεται·; ’ἕως ἄν → ἕως ἂν; '0 μιλλων → Ὁ μέλλων; τὸ ἀναντλοῶ ταῦτα → τὸ ἀναντλοῦν ταῦτα; ό προφήτης φησίν· ’Δναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται al ἦν τοῖς μνημείοις σαφὲστατα δί → ὁ προφήτης φησίν· Ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις· σαφέστατα δὲ; λέγιι· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνοίγω τὰ μνήματι ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνάξω ὑμᾶς lx τῶν → λέγει· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνοίγω τὰ μνήματα ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀνάξω ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῶν; καἷὸ Δανιὴλ → καὶ ὁ Δανιὴλ; ἓν γῆς χώματι → ἐν γῆς χώματι; εἷς αίσχύνην → εἰς αἰσχύνην.

Topics: Eschatology, Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.15 (PG 33:1033b–1036b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Scripture records many raisings of the dead, culminating in Christ's; even Elisha's dead body raised a corpse.

• The first part of section 16; the rest is in 18.17. Allusions: John 11:39–44; Luke 7:11–15; Mark 5:41–42; Matt 27:51–53; 1 Cor 15:20; 1 Kgs 17:22; 2 Kgs 4:34–35; 13:21. Two words garbled in the scan ("above all", "I pass over") are restored by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR misreading): Γραιφαὶ → Γραφαὶ; Ὠς ἐν ὑπεμνήσει δὲ μόνῃ, νῦν παρατρέχημεν τήν τοῦ Λαζάρου τετραήμιρον → Ὡς ἐν ὑπομνήσει δὲ μόνῃ, νῦν παρατρέχομεν τὴν τοῦ Λαζάρου τετραήμερον; ἐγηγερμὲνον. Ὑπομνήσεώς ιι μόνον ἕνεκεν παραφερὲσθω → ἐγηγερμένον. Ὑπομνήσεως δὲ μόνον ἕνεκεν παραφερέσθω; τᾶς πέτρας → τὰς πέτρας; ἁγία ἐγερθῆναι → ἁγίων ἐγερθῆναι; "poniponiνως δὲ μνημονευέσθω, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἐκ νιιφῶν ἐγήγερται. [Ιαρῆλοον τὸν Ἦλίαν → Προηγουμένως δὲ μνημονευέσθω, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται. Παρῆλθον τὸν Ἠλίαν; ὑπʼ αὐτοῦʼ καὶ → ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ; ἓν τι τῷ ζῇν, καὶ μ.κᾶ τὸ τελευτῆσαι → ἐν τῷ ζῆν, καὶ μετὰ τὸ τελευτῆσαι; Ζῶν μὲν γὰρ tiniqu τὴν → Ζῶν μὲν γὰρ εἰργάσατο τὴν; πιστευθῇ δί, 8n καὶ → πιστευθῇ δὲ, ὅτι καὶ; δύναμις, δ ῥιφεὶς ἓν τῷ μνημείῳ τοῦ Ἐλισσαίου νικρὸζ → δύναμις, ὁ ῥιφεὶς ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ τοῦ Ἐλισσαίου νεκρὸς; ἐζωοποιήι → ἐζωοποιήθη..

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.16 (PG 33:1036b–1037a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Elisha's bones raised a dead man to show that a power remains in the bodies of the saints, as Paul's handkerchiefs healed the sick.

• The rest of section 16, begun in 18.16. Allusions: 2 Kgs 13:21; Acts 19:12. Cyril's argument that a power remains in the bodies of the saints is an early witness to the regard for relics.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading): ἀπετέλασε → ἀπετέλεσε; παρασχὸν τήν ζωὴν → παρασχὸν τὴν ζωὴν; Ἲνα μὴ → Ἵνα μὴ; τῇ ψυχῇ μόνη → τῇ ψυχῇ μόνῃ; δειχθῇ δὲ, ὃτι καὶ ψυχῆς μή → δειχθῇ δὲ, ὅτι καὶ ψυχῆς μὴ; ένοικήσασαν ὲν αὐτῷ → ἐνοικήσασαν ἐν αὐτῷ; σημιιιίνθια → σιμικίνθια.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.17 (PG 33:1037a–1037b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: The apostles raised the dead, and Paul teaches that this very body will rise, transformed and incorruptible; glow-worms show that God can make the righteous shine.

• This staged section is printed section 17; it contains section 18, not separated in the scan (its numeral is garbled). "The fast of the Preparation": the Friday fast; the lecture seems to have been given after a Friday fast and vigil. Allusions and quotations: Matt 13:8, 23; Acts 9:40; 20:9–12; John 21:25; 1 Cor 15:35, 16, 36; 1 Thess 4:13, 16; 1 Cor 15:53, 44; Matt 13:43 with Dan 12:3. "Ladders" perhaps of the need to climb that a heavy body has.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR garble (section numeral); OCR misreading; OCR: joined words; OCR: lost punctuation; OCR: stray footnote mark): πολλᾶ εἰπεῖν εἷς ταῦτα,καθν ἕκαστον ἐξηγουμένοις τῶν γεγενημένοις → πολλὰ εἰπεῖν εἰς ταῦτα, καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐξηγουμένοις τῶν γεγενημένων; ἐκεῖνα μὶν τὲως → ἐκεῖνα μὲν τέως; έν Ἰόππῃ Ταβιθάν → ἐν Ἰόππῃ Ταβιθάν; ὑφʼ exuta-too → ὑπʼ ἐκείνων; ὁ Παυλος προς → ὁ Παῦλος πρὸς; οἱ νεκροί ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἕρχονταις → οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἔρχονται;; δτι ἄφρονας → ὅτι ἄφρονας; δτι πρὸς Θετσαλονικεῖς → ὅτι πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς; Οὖ θέλομεν → Οὐ θέλομεν; κεκοιμημένων,”ίνα μή → κεκοιμημένων, ἵνα μὴ; καῖ τὰ ἑξῆς ὃλα → καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ὅλα; πρῶτον. ωιο IlI’. Ἐξαιρέτως δὲ τοῦτο ἐπισημήνασθε, δτι → πρῶτον. ΙΗʹ. Ἐξαιρέτως δὲ τοῦτο ἐπισημήνασθε, ὅτι; ἀφθαρσίαν (l), καὶ → ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ; οὗ τοιοῦτον μενον ἀσθενὲς → οὐ τοιοῦτον μένον ἀσθενὲς; ὲνόυσᾶμενον ὂὶ → ἐνδυσάμενον δὲ; μᾶλλον δὶ ὡς οἶδεν ὁ ἂνιστῶν → μᾶλλον δὲ ὡς οἶδεν ὁ ἀνιστῶν; ἀλλὀὐ μένει → ἀλλʼ οὐ μένει; μὲνει αἱώνιον. Οὐκέτιτροφῶν → μένει αἰώνιον. Οὐκέτι τροφῶν; οὐδὶ κλιμάκων πρὸς ἀνάβασιν γίνεται → οὐδὲ κλιμάκων πρὸς ἀνάβασιν· γίνεται; ἕχομεν.Τότι οὶ δίκαιοι → ἔχομεν. Τότε οἱ δίκαιοι; ήσελήνη → ἡ σελήνη; στερεώμαιος → στερεώματος; ὁθεὸς → ὁ Θεὸς; ἓν τῷ θέρει φωτοειδεῖς δίδωκιν αὐγὰς λάμπειν ix τοῦ → ἐν τῷ θέρει φωτοειδεῖς δέδωκεν αὐγὰς λάμπειν ἐκ τοῦ; Ὀ γὰρ τὸ μέρος → Ὁ γὰρ τὸ μέρος; παρασχεῖν καὶ ὁ σκώληκα → παρασχεῖν· καὶ ὁ σκώληκα.

Topics: Eschatology, Fasting

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.18 (PG 33:1037b–1040c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: All will rise with eternal bodies, the righteous to live with angels and sinners to endure eternal fire, because the body shared in every deed.

• Allusions: 1 Cor 15:40–44; Matt 25:41; 2 Cor 5:10. A Migne column number standing in the text is removed by a logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR misreading; OCR misreading; Migne column number removed; OCR: joined words): ὃμοια, Ἀλλʼ ll υιὲν τίς ἐστι δίκαιος → ὅμοια. Ἀλλʼ εἰ μέν τίς ἐστι δίκαιος; ἐπουράνιον,ἵνα → ἐπουράνιον, ἵνα; Ei“ οιις ἁμαρτωλός → Εἰ δέ τις ἁμαρτωλός; ὕπομονητικὸν → ὑπομονητικὸν; πυρὶ αἰωνίοις → πυρὶ αἰωνίῳ; τοῦτο· om γὰρ ἡμῖν → τοῦτο· οὐδὲν γὰρ ἡμῖν; προσευχόμεθα διὰ πόμΙῂ ’ξος-· πορνεύομεν διὰ σώμαιεος, ἀγνεύομεν διδ σώμαλεος ἀρτιάζομεν → προσευχόμεθα διὰ στόματος· πορνεύομεν διὰ σώματος, ἁγνεύομεν διὰ σώματος· ἁρπάζομεν; διὰ χειρός καὶ τὰ λοιπᾶ ὁμοίως, Ἐπειδη τοίνυν εἱς πάντα → διὰ χειρός· καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὁμοίως. Ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν εἰς πάντα; μέλλωσι συναπολαύει τῶν γενομένων. 1Ο41 → μέλλουσι συναπολαύει τῶν γενομένων..

Topics: Eschatology, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.19 (PG 33:1040c–1041a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Since we will give account for what is done in the body, we must keep it pure; baptism heals past wounds, but we must guard against future sins.

• Allusions: 2 Cor 5:10; Ps 89:37 (LXX 88:38, "the faithful witness in heaven"). "The heretics": those who held the body alien to the true self, such as Manichees and Gnostics. "Washing": baptism.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading): σωμάτιον, καῖ → σωμάτων, καὶ; δτι ἆλλότριός ἑστιν → ὅτι ἀλλότριός ἐστιν; ὁρᾷʼ μηδὶ → ὁρᾷ· μηδὲ; Ἀνθρωπος μὶν γὰρ πολλάκις οὐκ ἔστινʼ → Ἄνθρωπος μὲν γὰρ πολλάκις οὐκ ἔστιν·; μένει ἓν οὐρανῷ → μένει ἐν οὐρανῷ; γινόμενονο καὶ οἱ σπιλοι → γινόμενον· καὶ οἱ σπίλοι; κᾶν θεραπεία γὲνηταί → κἂν θεραπεία γένηταί; ἐν πᾶσιο περιαιροῦνται → ἐν πᾶσι· περιαιροῦνται; λουτρόν.,Τὰ μὶν οὗν παρ· ελθόντα → λουτρόν. Τὰ μὲν οὖν παρελθόντα; ’ἱνα καθαρὸν → ἵνα καθαρὸν; σωτηρίανʼ ἀλλʼ ’ἱνα → σωτηρίαν· ἀλλʼ ἵνα; κατ· αειώσειεν → καταξιώσειεν.

Topics: Ethics, Baptism, Heresy

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.20 (PG 33:1041a–1041b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Cyril closes the proof of the resurrection and bids the candidates recite and remember the creed word for word.

• The last word is garbled in the scan and restored by sense.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR misreading): Καὶ ταῦτα μὶν εἰρήσθω → Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν εἰρήσθω; ἹΙ δὶ τῆς πίστεως ἐπαγγελία, πάλιν ὖμῖν → Ἡ δὲ τῆς πίστεως ἐπαγγελία, πάλιν ὑμῖν; ἀπαηελλὲσθω τε καὶ μνη paventem». → ἀπαγγελλέσθω τε καὶ μνημονευέσθω..

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.21 (PG 33:1041b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Cyril recalls the creed's last articles and turns to "one holy catholic church".

• The words quoted are the closing articles of the creed of the church of Jerusalem.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR: split word): άπαγγελλομένης Πίστεως ἂκολούθως → ἀπαγγελλομένης Πίστεως ἀκολούθως; Καὶ εἰς ἔν βάπτισμα μετανοίας είς ἄφεσιν → Καὶ εἰς ἓν βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν; Καὶ εἷς μίαν ἁγίαν καθολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν · Καὶ εἷς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν· Καὶ εἷς ζωήν αἰώνιον· περὶ μὶν → Καὶ εἰς μίαν ἁγίαν καθολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν· Καὶ εἰς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν· Καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον· περὶ μὲν; νει κρῶν → νεκρῶν; διὰ τό, Καὶ είς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν, εῗρηται. Λεγέσθω δὲτᾶ → διὰ τὸ, Καὶ εἰς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν, εἴρηται. Λεγέσθω δὲ τὰ; διὰ τὸ, Καὶ εἷς μίαν → διὰ τὸ, Καὶ εἰς μίαν; εἷπεῖν → εἰπεῖν.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.22 (PG 33:1044a–1044b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: The church is called catholic because it is worldwide, teaches the whole truth, includes every kind of person, heals every sin, and has every virtue and gift.

• Allusions: Ps 72:8; Col 1:16.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading): Καθολικὴ μὶν → Καθολικὴ μὲν; εἲς γνῶσιν → εἰς γνῶσιν; εἷς εὐσέβειαν → εἰς εὐσέβειαν; ληγίων τε καὶ ἰδιωτῶν. καὶ → λογίων τε καὶ ἰδιωτῶν· καὶ; ῗατρύειν μὶν → ἰατρεύειν μὲν; λέγοις, καὶ πνευματικῆς παντοίοις χαρίσμασιν. ‘ → λόγοις, καὶ πνευματικοῖς παντοίοις χαρίσμασιν..

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.23 (PG 33:1044b–1044d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: The name "Church" (ekklēsia) means the assembly God calls out and gathers, as in Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and the Psalms.

• Quotations (Septuagint): Lev 8:3; Deut 4:10; Deut 9:10; Ps 35:18 (LXX 34:18). The observation that the verb "assemble" is first used at Lev 8:3 is Cyril's own.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble; dropped words restored by sense; OCR misreading): τῇ συναγωγῇ έκκλησίασον → τῇ συναγωγῇ ἐκκλησίασον; εἷʼρηται νῦν → εἴρηται νῦν; εἷς τήν ἀρχιερωσύνην 6 Κύριος → εἰς τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην ὁ Κύριος; λέγει 6 Θεὸς → λέγει ὁ Θεὸς; ἀκουσατωσαν → ἀκουσάτωσαν; ἃν μάθωσι → ἂν μάθωσι; όνοματος μνημονεύει πάλιν, ὅτε περί → ὀνόματος μνημονεύει πάλιν, ὅτε περὶ; έν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκκλησίας ὡσεὶ → ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκκλησίας· ὡσεὶ; ’Ev ἡμέρᾳ κληθεντες ὑπὸ τοῦ συνήχθητε → Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ κληθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ συνήχθητε; Καὶ 6 Ψαλμῳδός φησιο → Καὶ ὁ Ψαλμῳδός φησιν·; έν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλή, έν λαῷ βαρεῖ αἷνέσω → ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλῃ, ἐν λαῷ βαρεῖ αἰνέσω.

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.24 (PG 33:1044d–1045b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: The first assembly, in Judea, was cast off, and Christ built a second, worldwide Church from the Gentiles, as the Psalms and Malachi foretold.

• Cyril here states, as his own view, the common patristic claim that the church of the Gentiles replaced the assembly of Israel. Quotations (Septuagint): Ps 68:26 (LXX 67:27); Matt 16:18; Ps 26:5, 8, 12 (LXX 25:5, 8, 12); Ps 149:1; Mal 1:10–11; 1 Tim 3:15.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR misreading; OCR: duplicated fragment; OCR: stray punctuation): μὶν οὖν ᾖδεν 6 Ψαλμῳδόςο → μὲν οὖν ᾖδεν ὁ Ψαλμῳδός·; τὸν Κύριον, ἐκ πηριον,ἐκ πηγῶν → τὸν Κύριον, ἐκ πηγῶν; ἐφʼ οὗ Si, διὰ → ἀφʼ οὗ δὲ, διὰ; ἐπιβουλὰς. ἀπεβλήθησαν → ἐπιβουλὰς ἀπεβλήθησαν; χάριτοςο δευτέραν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐξ ἐθνῶν 6 Σωτὴρ τήν τῶν Χριστιανῶν ήμῶν ἁγίαν Ἐκκλησίαν,περὶ → χάριτος, δευτέραν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὁ Σωτὴρ τὴν τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἡμῶν ἁγίαν Ἐκκλησίαν, περὶ; οἷκοδομήσω → οἰκοδομήσω; ’ᾁδου → ᾅδου; Περῖ δὲ ἀμφοτέρων τούτων προσητεύων, σαφῶς ἔλεγεν 6 Δαβίδ → Περὶ δὲ ἀμφοτέρων τούτων προφητεύων, σαφῶς ἔλεγεν ὁ Δαβίδ; ἱκκλησίαν πονηρευομένωνʼ περὶ δὶ → ἐκκλησίαν πονηρευομένων· περὶ δὲ; εύπρέπειαν → εὐπρέπειαν; εὐθύςο Ἐν → εὐθύς· Ἐν; οἶκνυμένης → οἰκουμένης; νᾼσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινὸν, ἡ αἷνεσις αύτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίωνʼ οἷς ἀκόλουθα καὶ 6 προφήτης → Ἄισατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινὸν, ἡ αἴνεσις αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὁσίων· οἷς ἀκόλουθα καὶ ὁ προφήτης; εἶπεν. Ούκ ἔστι → εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἔστι; δεδοξασται ἰν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, Περὶ → δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι. Περὶ; ὁ Ιιαῦλος ἰνα εἴδῇς → ὁ Παῦλος· Ἵνα εἰδῇς; Θσοῦ ζῶντος, στύλος καὶ ἰδραίωμα → Θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα.

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.25 (PG 33:1045b–1048a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Because heretical gatherings also call themselves churches, the creed specifies "one holy catholic Church", the bride of Christ and mother of all believers.

• This staged section is printed section 26 (the numbering of the staged sections differs from the print from here on). "The Lord's house" renders κυριακόν, the usual word for a church building. Quotations and allusions: Acts 19:41; Ps 26:5 (LXX 25:5); Eph 5:25; Gal 4:26–27; Isa 54:1.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR misreading; OCR: Latin letters; OCR: lost punctuation): δὶ τὸ τῆς Ἐκκλησιας → δὲ τὸ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας; περὶ tofi ὄχλου, τοῦ ἔν τῷ θεάτρῳ τῶν Ἐῳεσίωη → περὶ τοῦ ὄχλου, τοῦ ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ τῶν Ἐφεσίων; ἂπηλυστ → ἀπέλυσε; ἄν τις εἷʼποι → ἄν τις εἴποι; πονηρευομᾶνων → πονηρευομένων; Mapκιωνιστῶν → Μαρκιωνιστῶν; ἠσσαλισμὲνως παρέδωκεν ἡ Πίστις Ξ τὸ, Καὶεὶς μίαν → ἠσφαλισμένως παρέδωκεν ἡ Πίστις τὸ, Καὶ εἰς μίαν; ἐκείνων μὶν τὰ μιαρᾶ συστήματα φεύγῃς, παρα· μένῃς δὶ τῇ ἁγίᾳ καθολικῇ Εκκλησίᾳ → ἐκείνων μὲν τὰ μιαρὰ συστήματα φεύγῃς, παραμένῃς δὲ τῇ ἁγίᾳ καθολικῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ; ἐν Βῇ ωὶιάνεγεννήθης. Κᾶν → ἐν ᾗ καὶ ἀνεγεννήθης. Κἂν; ἐξίταζε → ἐξέταζε; ἰπιχειροῦσι → ἐπιχειροῦσι; ἡ Ἐκκλησία ἀλλὰ → ἡ Ἐκκλησία· ἀλλὰ; ίδικὸν → ἰδικὸν; κιὶὸ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησε τήν → καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησε τὴν; ’ὀλα τὰ ἑξῆς → ὅλα τὰ ἑξῆς; ὶλευθέρα → ἐλευθέρα; πολύτεκος → πολύτεκνος.

Topics: Heresy

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.27 (PG 33:1048a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: In the catholic Church God appointed apostles, prophets, and the other gifts.

• The beginning of printed section 27, which continues in 18.29. Quotation: 1 Cor 12:28.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading): ἆποὸληθείσης, ἐν τῆδευ· τέρᾳ καθολικῇι Ἐκκλησία, καθὼς Παύλός φηίηννδ Θεὸς → ἀποβληθείσης, ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ καθολικῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ, καθὼς Παῦλός φησιν, ὁ Θεὸς.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.28 (PG 33:1048a–1048c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Summary: The Church has every gift and virtue; once persecuted, she is now honored by kings and her power is unbounded; in her we inherit eternal life.

• The rest of printed section 27; contains section 28, not separated in the scan (its numeral is garbled). "Now, in times of peace": since the end of the persecutions under Constantine. Quotations: 1 Cor 12:28; 2 Cor 6:7–8; Ps 147:14 (LXX 147:3).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR garble (section numeral, Latin letters); OCR misreading; OCR: split word): χαρισματα ἶαμάτων → χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων; εἶδος σοφίαν Αέγω → εἶδος· σοφίαν λέγω; δικαιοσύο Ξ νην → δικαιοσύνην; ὑποο μονὴν → ὑπομονὴν; "Hm: διὰ τῶν ὅπλων τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν» ξ διὰ δόξης → Αὕτη διὰ τῶν ὅπλων τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν, διὰ δόξης; τοὺς ἆγίους μάρτυρας → τοὺς ἁγίους μάρτυρας; νυνὶ δε ἐν → νυνὶ δὲ ἐν; ύπὸ βασιλέων → ὑπὸ βασιλέων; ἐχόντωνʼ μόνης → ἐχόντων· μόνης; κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένου, τὸ ἅριον αὐτῆς εἴρήνην. Περὶ ἦ εί πάντα → κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, τὰ ὅρια αὐτῆς εἰρήνην. Περὶ ἧς εἰ πάντα; διήγησινο KB‘. 'Ev ταύτῃ τῇ ἁγίᾳ καθολικῇ Ἐκκλησία → διήγησιν. ΚΗʹ. Ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἁγίᾳ καθολικῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ; ζωήν αῗώνιον κληρονομήσομεν· διʼ ἤν → ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσομεν· διʼ ἣν; παρᾶ τοῦ Κυρίου → παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου; Ού γὰρ περὶ μισ κρῶν ἡμῖνὸ σκοπὸς → Οὐ γὰρ περὶ μικρῶν ἡμῖν ὁ σκοπὸς; Καὶ εἷς σαρκὸς → Καὶ εἰς σαρκὸς; περί ἧς τοῖς Χριπιανοῖς → περὶ ἧς τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς.

Topics: Church office, Martyrdom, Persecution, Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.29 (PG 33:1048c–1049c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Eternal life comes from the Father through the Son in the Spirit; Cyril closes the Lenten lectures and announces the lectures on the mysteries to be given in Easter week.

• Printed section 29, with sections 32 and 33, not separated in the scan (their numerals are garbled). Lines are lost in the scan after the quotation of Paul: the end of section 29, all of section 30, and most of section 31 (on the ways to eternal life); the gap is marked … and not supplied. "Monday": literally "the second day of the week". "The holy place of the Resurrection": the Anastasis, the church over Christ's tomb in Jerusalem. "Sharers in the name of Christ": the anointing with chrism (Christ = "anointed"), the subject of the third lecture on the mysteries. Quotations and allusions: Matt 19:26; Dan 12:3 (LXX); 1 Thess 4:17; Titus 3:5; Eph 5:26.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreadings, Latin letters, garbled section numerals; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses; lines lost in the scan marked …): Ἠ μὲν οὗν ὃντως ζωή καὶ ἀληθῶς, ἔστιν ὁ Πατήρ· ὁ διʼ Υἱοῦ τοῖς ἅπασιν, ὲν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, τὰς ἐπουρανίους πηγάζων δωρεάς· διὰ Si τὴν insiνου φιλανθρωπίαν, καὶ ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἀψευδῶς ἐπήγγελται. Ούκ ἀπιστητέον δὶ τοῦτο εἶναι δυνατόν. Ού γὰρ πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀσθένειαν, ἀλλὰπρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου δύναμιν ἀφορῶντας, πιστεύειν χρήο Πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ. Καὶ ὅτι γε δυνατόν ἐστι τοῦτο, καὶ ζωήν αἰώνιον προσδοκῶμεν, λέγει μὶν Δανιήλ· Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων τῶν πολλῶν, ὡς οἱ ἀστιρες εἷς τοὺς αίῶνας, καὶ ἔτι. Φησὶ δὲ ὁ Ηαῦλος· Καὶ οὕτω πάνάνέῳξε τὰς θύρας πρὸς τὸ πάντας ἀπολαῦσαι, τδ ὅσον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, ταύτης ἀκωλύτως. Ταῦθʼ ἡμῖν τέως καὶ περὶ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς εἴρηται συμμέτρως, ἣτις ἰστὶ τῶν ἐπαγγελλομένων ὲν τῇ Πίστει τὸ τελευταῖον δίδαγμα, καὶ τέλος. Ἦς γένοιτο πάντας ἡμᾶς, τοὺς τε διδάσκοντας καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἀπολαῦσαι, Θεοῦ χάριτι l AB‘. Λοιπὸν, ἀδελφοὶ ἀγαπητοὶ, παρακαλεῖ πάντας ὑμᾶς ὁ τῆς διδασκαλίας λόγος, ἑτοιμάζειν τὴν ψυχὴν πρὸς ὑποδοχὴν τῶν ἐπουρανίων χαρισμάτων. Περί μὶν οὖν τῆς παραδοθείσης ὑμῖν εἰς ἐπαγγελίαν ἁγίας καὶ άποστολικῆς πίστεω, δσας ἐγχωρεῖ γατηχήσεις, διὰ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου χάριν εἰρήκαμεν, ἐν ταῖς διελθούσαις ταύταις τῆς Τεσσαρακοστῆς ἡμέραιςθ οὐχ ὅτι ταῦτα μόνα εἰπεῖν ὠφείλομεν πολλά γὰρ ἐστι τὰ παραλειφθέντα, καὶ μειζόνως ἴσως ὑπὸ τῶν καλλιόνων διδασκάλων νοούμενον ἐνεστώσης 8t λοιπὸν τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ Πάσχα ἡμέρας, καὶ τῆς ύμετὲο ρας ἐν Χριστῷ, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας, ἀγάπης φωτιζομὲνης· διδαχθήσεσθε πάλιν τὰ πρέποντα, Θεοῦ θέλοντος· μεθʼ ὅσης μὲν εὐσεβείας καὶ τάξεως εἰσελθεῖν χρὴ καλουμένους· τίνος δὲ ἕνεκεν ἐπιτελεῖται ’ἑκαστον τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ βαπτίσματος μυστηρίων· μεθʼ ὅσης δὶ εὐλαβείας καὶ τάξεως, χρή ἀπὸ τοῦ βα. πτίσματος πρὸς τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ προσελεύσεσθαι θυσιαστήριον, καὶ τῶν αὐτόθι πνευματικῶν καὶ ἐπου- ρ ρανίων ἀπολαύειν μυστηρίων· ἳνα τῆς ὑμετέρας ψυχῆς τοῦ τῆς διδασκαλίας λόγου προφωτιζομξ. νης, εἷς ἕκαστον γνωρίζηται τῶν ἐκ Θεοῦ δωρουμένων ὑμῖν χαρισμάτων τὸ μέγεθος. AI". Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ σωτήριον τοῦ Πάσχα ἡμέραν, ἀπὸ τῆς δευτέρας τῶν Σαββάτων, εὖθῦς, καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐν ταῖς ἑξῆς τῆς ἑβδομάδος ἡμὲραις, μετὰ τήν σύναξεν εἲς τὸν ἅγιον τῆς ἄτιοτάesu); τόπον εἰσερχόμενοι, κατηχησεων ἀλλων ἀκούσεσθε, Θεοῦ θέλοντοςι ἐν οἷς πάλιν περὶ ἑκάστου τῶν γεγενημένων, διδαχθήσεσθε τὰς αἰτίας, ἐκ Hilari: δὲ καὶ Καινῆς Διαθὴκης λήψεσθε τὰς ἀποδείξεις· πρῶτον μὲν, περὶ τῶν πρὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εὐθὺς γενομίνωψ ἔπειτα δὶ, πως ἐκαθαρίσθητε τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματυ καὶ ὅπως ἰερατικῶς τῆς Χριστοῦ προσηγορίας γεγόνατε κοινωνοὶ, καὶ Sno: ἡ σφραγίς ὑμῖν ἐδόθη τῆς κοινωνίας τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος· καὶ περὶτῶν ἐν θυσιαστηρίῳ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης μυστηρίιιιν,ἃ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐντεῦθεν εἴληφε τινα μὲν αἱ θεῖαιΓραφαῖ παραδεδώκασι, τίς δὲ ἡ τούτων δύναμιν μὶ ὅπως προσιέναι τούτοις, κοιί πότε καὶ πῶς ἔχειν χρή· Ἐπὶ τὲλει δὲ πάντων, ὅπως ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν ἐπιόντα χρόνον, ἔργοις τε καὶ λόγοις ἐπαξίως τῆς χιριτος ἀναστρέφειν δεῖ, πρὸς τὸ δυνηθῆναι παντας ὑμᾶς ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς. Καὶ ταῦτα μὶν, εἰ Θεὸς θέλει, λεχθήσεται. → Ἡ μὲν οὖν ὄντως ζωὴ καὶ ἀληθῶς, ἐστὶν ὁ Πατήρ· ὁ διʼ Υἱοῦ τοῖς ἅπασιν, ἐν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, τὰς ἐπουρανίους πηγάζων δωρεάς· διὰ δὲ τὴν ἐκείνου φιλανθρωπίαν, καὶ ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς ἀψευδῶς ἐπήγγελται. Οὐκ ἀπιστητέον δὲ τοῦτο εἶναι δυνατόν. Οὐ γὰρ πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀσθένειαν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου δύναμιν ἀφορῶντας, πιστεύειν χρή· Πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ. Καὶ ὅτι γε δυνατόν ἐστι τοῦτο, καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον προσδοκῶμεν, λέγει μὲν Δανιήλ· Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων τῶν πολλῶν, ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ ἔτι. Φησὶ δὲ ὁ Παῦλος· Καὶ οὕτω πάν… ἀνέῳξε τὰς θύρας πρὸς τὸ πάντας ἀπολαῦσαι, τὸ ὅσον ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, ταύτης ἀκωλύτως. Ταῦθʼ ἡμῖν τέως καὶ περὶ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς εἴρηται συμμέτρως, ἥτις ἐστὶ τῶν ἐπαγγελλομένων ἐν τῇ Πίστει τὸ τελευταῖον δίδαγμα, καὶ τέλος. Ἧς γένοιτο πάντας ἡμᾶς, τούς τε διδάσκοντας καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἀπολαῦσαι, Θεοῦ χάριτι. ΛΒʹ. Λοιπὸν, ἀδελφοὶ ἀγαπητοὶ, παρακαλεῖ πάντας ὑμᾶς ὁ τῆς διδασκαλίας λόγος, ἑτοιμάζειν τὴν ψυχὴν πρὸς ὑποδοχὴν τῶν ἐπουρανίων χαρισμάτων. Περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς παραδοθείσης ὑμῖν εἰς ἐπαγγελίαν ἁγίας καὶ ἀποστολικῆς πίστεως, ὅσας ἐγχωρεῖ κατηχήσεις, διὰ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου χάριν εἰρήκαμεν, ἐν ταῖς διελθούσαις ταύταις τῆς Τεσσαρακοστῆς ἡμέραις· οὐχ ὅτι ταῦτα μόνα εἰπεῖν ὠφείλομεν· πολλὰ γάρ ἐστι τὰ παραλειφθέντα, καὶ μειζόνως ἴσως ὑπὸ τῶν καλλιόνων διδασκάλων νοούμενα· ἐνεστώσης δὲ λοιπὸν τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ Πάσχα ἡμέρας, καὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐν Χριστῷ, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας, ἀγάπης φωτιζομένης· διδαχθήσεσθε πάλιν τὰ πρέποντα, Θεοῦ θέλοντος· μεθʼ ὅσης μὲν εὐσεβείας καὶ τάξεως εἰσελθεῖν χρὴ καλουμένους· τίνος δὲ ἕνεκεν ἐπιτελεῖται ἕκαστον τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ βαπτίσματος μυστηρίων· μεθʼ ὅσης δὲ εὐλαβείας καὶ τάξεως χρὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος πρὸς τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ προσελεύσεσθαι θυσιαστήριον, καὶ τῶν αὐτόθι πνευματικῶν καὶ ἐπουρανίων ἀπολαύειν μυστηρίων· ἵνα τῆς ὑμετέρας ψυχῆς τῷ τῆς διδασκαλίας λόγῳ προφωτιζομένης, εἰς ἕκαστον γνωρίζηται τῶν ἐκ Θεοῦ δωρουμένων ὑμῖν χαρισμάτων τὸ μέγεθος. ΛΓʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ σωτήριον τοῦ Πάσχα ἡμέραν, ἀπὸ τῆς δευτέρας τῶν Σαββάτων εὐθὺς, καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐν ταῖς ἑξῆς τῆς ἑβδομάδος ἡμέραις, μετὰ τὴν σύναξιν εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τῆς Ἀναστάσεως τόπον εἰσερχόμενοι, κατηχήσεων ἄλλων ἀκούσεσθε, Θεοῦ θέλοντος· ἐν οἷς πάλιν περὶ ἑκάστου τῶν γεγενημένων διδαχθήσεσθε τὰς αἰτίας, ἐκ Παλαιᾶς δὲ καὶ Καινῆς Διαθήκης λήψεσθε τὰς ἀποδείξεις· πρῶτον μὲν, περὶ τῶν πρὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εὐθὺς γενομένων· ἔπειτα δὲ, πῶς ἐκαθαρίσθητε τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι· καὶ ὅπως ἱερατικῶς τῆς Χριστοῦ προσηγορίας γεγόνατε κοινωνοὶ, καὶ πῶς ἡ σφραγὶς ὑμῖν ἐδόθη τῆς κοινωνίας τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος· καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐν θυσιαστηρίῳ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης μυστηρίων, ἃ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐντεῦθεν εἴληφε· τίνα μὲν αἱ θεῖαι Γραφαὶ παραδεδώκασι, τίς δὲ ἡ τούτων δύναμις, καὶ ὅπως προσιέναι τούτοις, καὶ πότε καὶ πῶς ἔχειν χρή· ἐπὶ τέλει δὲ πάντων, ὅπως ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν ἐπιόντα χρόνον ἔργοις τε καὶ λόγοις ἐπαξίως τῆς χάριτος ἀναστρέφειν δεῖ, πρὸς τὸ δυνηθῆναι πάντας ὑμᾶς ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν, εἰ Θεὸς θέλει, λεχθήσεται..

Topics: Eschatology, Trinity, Baptism, Eucharist

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.30 (PG 33:1049c–1056c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Cyril bids the candidates rejoice, for their redemption is near.

• The beginning of printed section 34, which continues in 18.32. Quotations: Phil 4:4; Luke 21:28; Isa 40:3. Marginal cross-references from Migne's edition standing in the text are removed by a logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR misreading; Migne's marginal cross-references removed; OCR: joined words): χαίρετε” ἤγγικε γὰρ ὴ → χαίρετε· ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ; ὁτῶν ἀγγέλων → ὁ τῶν ἀγγέλων; Καὶ φωνή μὶν → Καὶ φωνὴ μὲν; ἐρήμῳ. Ἐτοιμᾶσατε τὴν ὄδὸν Cat. 2i, myst. 3. σαι. 22, πίνει. ι. ν. 25. → ἐρήμῳ· Ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.31 (PG 33:1056d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Isaiah's prophecies of the new Jerusalem and of Zion's children are applied to the candidates about to be baptized.

• The rest of printed section 34. Quotations (Septuagint): Isa 55:1–2; Isa 60:1 ("Shine, shine"; φωτίζου, the word also used for baptismal enlightenment); Isa 1:26; Isa 2:3; Isa 60:4; Isa 60:8; Isa 66:8; Isa 65:18; 1 Pet 1:8 ("joy unspeakable"). A stray line number from Migne at the start is removed.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); Migne line number removed; OCR misreading; OCR: lost punctuation; OCR: split word): 28. τοῦ Κυρίου. Boi δὲ ὁ προφήτης· Ol διψῶντες, πορεύεσθε ἐφ ὕδωρ → τοῦ Κυρίου. Βοᾷ δὲ ὁ προφήτης· Οἱ διψῶντες, πορεύεσθε ἐφʼ ὕδωρ; ὲν ἀγαθοῖς ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν καὶ → ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν· καὶ; λεγούσηςʼ Φωτίζου, φωτίζου, ἡ τὲα Ἰερουσαλήμ· ἣκει → λεγούσης· Φωτίζου, φωτίζου, ἡ νέα Ἰερουσαλήμ· ἥκει; ὃ προφήτης εἷʼρηκεʼ → ὁ προφήτης εἴρηκε·; μητρόπολ ις → μητρόπολις; εἷς ἅπασαν τὴν οἴκουμένην → εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν οἰκουμένην; Πρὸς ἢν καὶ δπροφήτης περὶ ὑμῶν φησινʼ Ἀρον → Πρὸς ἣν καὶ ὁ προφήτης περὶ ὑμῶν φησιν· Ἆρον; τὰ τὲκνα σου. Ἣ δὲ → τὰ τέκνα σου. Ἡ δὲ; Τίνες Οἳόε ὡς νεφέλαι → Τίνες οἵδε ὡς νεφέλαι; περιστεραῖ σὺν νεοσσοῖς ἐπʼ ἐμὲ.;νεφὲλαι, διὰ τὸ πνευματικόν καί → περιστεραὶ σὺν νεοσσοῖς ἐπʼ ἐμέ; Νεφέλαι, διὰ τὸ πνευματικόν· καὶ; Καὶ πάλιν Τίς → Καὶ πάλιν· Τίς; ἡμὰρᾳ → ἡμέρᾳ; ἔθνος εἷς ἅπαξ → ἔθνος εἰς ἅπαξ; ’ὁτι Ἰδοὺ → ὅτι Ἰδοὺ.

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.32 (PG 33:1056d–1057c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.

Summary: Cyril closes the Lenten lectures with Isaiah's promises and Paul's blessings on those saved through the washing of regeneration, and a prayer for the candidates.

• Printed section 35. Quotations: Isa 49:13; Isa 44:22; Isa 65:15–16; Eph 1:3, 7–8; Eph 2:4–5; Titus 3:4–7; Eph 1:17–18. A few garbled words before the quotation of Titus are marked …, and the closing doxology is lost in the scan. The beginnings of many lines are lost at the edge of the scan and are restored from the letters and the quoted verses by a logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR: first letters of many lines lost at the edge of the scan, misreadings and Latin letters; restored from the letters and the quoted verses, unrecoverable words and the lost ending marked …): Εῗη δὲκαὶ ἐφʼ ὑμῖν λεχθῆναι καὶ νῦν. Εὐφράνθητε, οὐρανοὶ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἑξῆς ὅτι ἐλεησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ταπεινοὺς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ παρεκάλεσε. Ταῦτα δὲ ἔσται διὰ τήν τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν, τοῦ πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγοντος· Ἰδοὺ ἀπαλείψω ὡς νεφέλην τὰς ἀνομίας σου, καὶ ὡς γνόφον τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου.ιʼμεῖς δὲ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῶν πιστῶν καταξιωθέντες (μερὶ ὧν γέγραπται· Τοῖς δουλεύουσί μοι κληθήσεται ὄνομα καινὸν, ὅ εύλογηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς), ἐρεῖτε μετʼ εὐφροσύνης. Εὐλογητὸς δ Θεὸς καί Πατήρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριο στοῦ, ὁ εὗλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ, ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις εν Χριστιῖν εν ᾧ ἔχοι μεν τήν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἳματος αὐτοῦ, τήν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, κατά τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἧς επερισσευσεν εἷς ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰ εξῆς· καὶ ποὶλιν Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς πλούσιος ὥν ἐν εΑὲει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦ ἀγάπην ἤν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, νεκροὺς ὄντας τοῖς παραπτώμασι συνεζωοποίησε τῷ Χριστῷ, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Καὶ πάλιν Spain}; τὸν τῶν ἀγαθῶν Κῦρὶον hbitat, Οτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἠ φιλανθρὼπία toi: ‘2.)τῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ ἐπεφάνη· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων civ ιν ικαιοσύνῃ, ὧν ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς, ἀλλὰ κατὰτὸ ιύτοῦ ἔλεος ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς, διὰ λουτροῦ ult-nuις καὶ ἀνακαινήσεως Πνεύματος ἀτίου, Ὗοό Ἰ εεν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς πλουσίως διὰ Ἰησοῦ, Χριστόί Κυρίου ἡμῶν· ἳνα δικαιωθὲντες αὐτῶ ς ιτι, κληορνόμοι γενώμεθα, κατʼ ἰλπίδι, ζωῆς ῐωνίοο. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὸ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου μῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δ Ηατῆρ τῆς δόξηέ, δῴη μῖν Ηνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως ἰν ἄπινώσει αὐτοῦ, πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἧς διανοίας· καὶ διαφυλάξειεν ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς l1 ργοις τε καὶ λόγοις, καὶ νοήμασιν ἀγαθοῖς· → Εἴη δὲ καὶ ἐφʼ ὑμῖν λεχθῆναι καὶ νῦν· Εὐφράνθητε, οὐρανοὶ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἑξῆς· ὅτι ἠλέησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ταπεινοὺς τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ παρεκάλεσε. Ταῦτα δὲ ἔσται διὰ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν, τοῦ πρὸς ὑμᾶς λέγοντος· Ἰδοὺ ἀπαλείψω ὡς νεφέλην τὰς ἀνομίας σου, καὶ ὡς γνόφον τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου. Ὑμεῖς δὲ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῶν πιστῶν καταξιωθέντες (περὶ ὧν γέγραπται· Τοῖς δουλεύουσί μοι κληθήσεται ὄνομα καινὸν, ὃ εὐλογηθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς), ἐρεῖτε μετʼ εὐφροσύνης· Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ, ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ· ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἧς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· καὶ πάλιν· Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦ ἀγάπην ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, νεκροὺς ὄντας τοῖς παραπτώμασι συνεζωοποίησε τῷ Χριστῷ, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Καὶ πάλιν … τὸν τῶν ἀγαθῶν Κύριον …· Ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ ἐπεφάνη· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ὧν ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως Πνεύματος ἁγίου, οὗ ἐξέχεεν ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς πλουσίως διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν· ἵνα δικαιωθέντες τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι, κληρονόμοι γενώμεθα κατʼ ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ Πατὴρ τῆς δόξης, δῴη ὑμῖν Πνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ ἀποκαλύψεως ἐν ἐπιγνώσει αὐτοῦ, πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς διανοίας· καὶ διαφυλάξειεν ὑμᾶς διὰ παντὸς ἐν ἔργοις τε καὶ λόγοις, καὶ νοήμασιν ἀγαθοῖς ….

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.33 (PG 33:1057c–1060d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/18-11/#p-18-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Migne's Patrologia Graeca 33 (scan OCR, corrections logged; lines lost in the scan marked …; sections whose numbers the scan lost are translated inside the preceding section and marked [n]), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of NPNF² 7 (Gifford, 1894); differences checked against the Greek.