Catechetical Lectures 17.23–18.10

Summary: The imprisoned apostles testified boldly; the Spirit also worked in the seven deacons, above all Stephen, who saw the Son of Man in glory.

• Contains section 24, not separated in the scan; its printed numeral is garbled. Quotations and allusions: Acts 5:17–42 (5:32); Acts 6:3, 5, 8, 10, 15; 7:51, 56; Gal 4:27 ("once barren"). Stephen's name means "crown". The section breaks off in mid-sentence and continues in 17.24. Several lines are badly garbled in the scan and are restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses by logged corrections.

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Topics: Martyrdom, Church office

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.23 (PG 33:993d–996c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Summary: Stephen saw the glory of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

• The end of section 24 (begun in 17.23); the beginning of this part is lost in the scan. Quotation: Acts 7:55.

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Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.24 (PG 33:996c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-24). (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: In the Spirit's power Philip worked in Samaria, where Peter and John imparted the Spirit, and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch.

• Allusions and quotations: Acts 8:5–40 (8:7, 8:14–17, 8:18–24, 8:26, 8:29, 8:38–40); Ps 68:31 (LXX 67:32, "to God"; Cyril has "to the Lord"). Acts 8:39 says the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away; Cyril says "the angel". The text is badly garbled in the scan and is restored from the letters, the sense, and the verses by a logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (stray section numeral, Latin letters, lost letters); restored from the letters, the sense, and the verses): V. Ἕν τῇ δυνάμει ταύτῃ τοῦ άκῖίου Ιῐνεύμιιτος; Φίλιππος ὲν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, ἠποτὶ μὶν tm} ει τῆς Σαμαρείας ἀπήλαυσεν τὰ ἆκάθαρα mri- ἒ ιατα, βοῶντα φωνῃ μεγάλῇ· παραλελυμένους δί ui [ωλοὺς ἐθεράπευσε, πολλᾶ δὲ τῶν πιστευσαντων πλήθη ᾦ Χριστῷ προσήγαγεν. OT; κατελθόντες, Πέτρος Ἰωάννης, μετὰ προσευχῆς καὶ τῆς τῶν χειρῶν πιθέσεως, μετεδίδοσαν τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεῦμιιτος οινωνίας· ἧς μόνος Σίμων ὁ Μάγος ἀλλότριος ιτεφάνθη, δικαίως. flor! δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου Κυρίου ληθεῖς καθʼ ὁδὸν, διὰ τὸν ιῦλαβἑστατον Δίθίοπατὸι ivoiixov, παρʼ αὖτοῦ τοῦ Πνεύματος φανερῶς i105σας* Πρόσελθε καὶ πολλήθητι τῷ ἅρματι τοότιιν διδάξας τὸν Αἰθίοπα, καὶ βαπτίσας, καὶ εἰς τήν Αἷθιοπίαν Χριστοῦ κήρυκα πέμψας, κατά τὸ γεγραμμένον· Αἰθιοπία προφθάσει χεῖρα αὐτῆς τῷ Κυρίῳ (ί)’ καὶ ἁρπασθεὶς ὑπὸ 106 ἀγγέλου, τὰς ἐφεξῆς πόλεις εὐηγγελίζετο. → Ἐν τῇ δυνάμει ταύτῃ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, καὶ Φίλιππος ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, ποτὲ μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει τῆς Σαμαρείας ἀπήλασε τὰ ἀκάθαρτα πνεύματα, βοῶντα φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· παραλελυμένους δὲ καὶ χωλοὺς ἐθεράπευσε, πολλὰ δὲ τῶν πιστευσάντων πλήθη τῷ Χριστῷ προσήγαγεν. Οἷς κατελθόντες Πέτρος καὶ Ἰωάννης, μετὰ προσευχῆς καὶ τῆς τῶν χειρῶν ἐπιθέσεως, μετεδίδοσαν τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος κοινωνίας· ἧς μόνος Σίμων ὁ Μάγος ἀλλότριος ἀπεφάνθη, δικαίως. Ποτὲ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου Κυρίου κληθεὶς καθʼ ὁδὸν, διὰ τὸν εὐλαβέστατον Αἰθίοπα τὸν εὐνοῦχον, παρʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Πνεύματος φανερῶς ἀκούσας· Πρόσελθε καὶ κολλήθητι τῷ ἅρματι τούτῳ· διδάξας τὸν Αἰθίοπα, καὶ βαπτίσας, καὶ εἰς τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν Χριστοῦ κήρυκα πέμψας, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον· Αἰθιοπία προφθάσει χεῖρα αὐτῆς τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἁρπασθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, τὰς ἐφεξῆς πόλεις εὐηγγελίζετο..

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.25 (PG 33:996c–997a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-25). (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: The Spirit filled Paul at his calling, healed his blindness, and made the persecutor a herald of the gospel from Jerusalem to Spain.

• Quotations and allusions: Acts 9:17–18; 9:15; Rom 15:19, 24, 28. Several words lost in the scan are restored from the sense and Acts 9:15 by a logged correction.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreadings (106 for τοῦ, Η for Π, lost letters); restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verse): Τούτου 106 ἁγίου Πνεόματος πεπλήρωτο καὶ Ηαῦλος, μετά τὴν ὑπὸ 106 Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριc106 κλῆσιν. Καὶ μάρτυς ἡμῖν τῶν λόγων ἡκέτω Ἀνανίας 6 εὐλαβὴς, 6 έν Δαμασκῷ, λέγων πρὸς αὐτόνʼ Ὀ Κύριος ἀπέσταλκε με Ἰησοῦς, ὁ ὀρθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἤρχου· ὃπως ἀναβλέψῃς, καὶ πλησθῇς Ηνεύματος ἁγίου. ’Ὀπερ εὐθὺς ἐνεργῆσαν, τῶν μὶν ὀφθαλμῶν Παύλου τήν τύφλωσιν μετέβαλεν εἷς ἀνάβλεψιν τῇ δὲ ψυχῇ τήν σφραγῖδα χαρισάμενον, σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐποίησε, 106 βαστασα.,ρ...... -.... τὸ ὄνομα 106 φανέντος αὖτῷ Κυρίου ἐνώπιον βασιΔ λέων, υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ· καὶ τὸν ποτὲ διώκτην, κήρυκα καὶ δοῦλον ἀγαθὸν ἀπειργάσατο· ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὶνκαὶ μέχρι 106 Ἰλλυρικοῦ πεπληρωκότα τὸ Εὗαγγέλιοψ κατηχήσοντα δὲ καὶ τὴν βασιλίδα Ῥώμην,καὶ μέχρι Σπανίας τήν προθῦμίαν 106 κηρόγματος ἐκτείναντα· μυρίους δὲ ὑπομεμνηκότα τοὺς ἄθλους, σημεῖά τε καὶ τέρατα πεποιηκόταο περὶ οὗ τέως αὐτάρκως. → Τούτου τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος πεπλήρωτο καὶ Παῦλος, μετὰ τὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κλῆσιν. Καὶ μάρτυς ἡμῖν τῶν λόγων ἡκέτω Ἀνανίας ὁ εὐλαβὴς, ὁ ἐν Δαμασκῷ, λέγων πρὸς αὐτόν· Ὁ Κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με Ἰησοῦς, ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ᾗ ἤρχου· ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃς, καὶ πλησθῇς Πνεύματος ἁγίου. Ὅπερ εὐθὺς ἐνεργῆσαν, τῶν μὲν ὀφθαλμῶν Παύλου τὴν τύφλωσιν μετέβαλεν εἰς ἀνάβλεψιν· τῇ δὲ ψυχῇ τὴν σφραγῖδα χαρισάμενον, σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐποίησε, τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ φανέντος αὐτῷ Κυρίου ἐνώπιον βασιλέων, υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ· καὶ τὸν ποτὲ διώκτην, κήρυκα καὶ δοῦλον ἀγαθὸν ἀπειργάσατο· ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὲν καὶ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ πεπληρωκότα τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον, κατηχήσοντα δὲ καὶ τὴν βασιλίδα Ῥώμην, καὶ μέχρι Σπανίας τὴν προθυμίαν τοῦ κηρύγματος ἐκτείναντα· μυρίους δὲ ὑπομεμενηκότα τοὺς ἄθλους, σημεῖά τε καὶ τέρατα πεποιηκότα· περὶ οὗ τέως αὐτάρκως..

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.26 (PG 33:997a–997c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-26). (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 Spirit's power Peter healed Aeneas, raised Tabitha, learned in a vision to call no one unclean, and saw the Spirit given to Cornelius and the Gentiles.

• Allusions and quotations: Acts 9:32–42; 10:9–16, 28; 10:19–20; 10:44–45; Matt 16:19 ("keys of the kingdom").

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreadings (106 for τοῦ, Η for Π, debris, Latin letters); restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses): Ἑν τῇ δυνάμει οὗν 106 αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Ηνεύματος, καὶ ὁ πρωτοστάτης τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν κλειδοῦχος Ηέτρος, ἐν Λύδδῃ μὶν τῇ νῦν Διοσπόλει, ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι, Χριστοῦ τὸν παραλυτικὸν Αἰνέαν ἐθεράπευσεν* ἐν Ἰόππῃ δὲ τὴν ἀγαθοεργὸν Ταβιθᾶν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἤγειρεν. Ἐπῖ δὲ 106 δώματος ἐν ἐκστάσει τὸν οὐρανὸν ἰδὼν ἀνεῳγμένον, καὶ διὰ 106 καθιεμένου ὡς ὀθόνης σκεύους, 106 πολυμόριρων καὶ πολυτρόπων ζώων πλήρους, τὸ μηδένα κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον λέγειν ἄνθρωπον, κᾶν ἐξ Ἐλλήνων τυγχάνῃ, σαφῶς ἔμαθεο καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Κορνηλίου μετασταλ εἷς, παρʼ αὐτοῦ φανερῶς ἤκουτε τοῦ ἁγίου Πνιύματος· Ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες ξητοῦσί σε· ἀλλὰ ἀναστὰς, κατάβηθι, καὶ πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μη. δὶν διακρινόμενος, ὅτι ἑγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούςʼ Καὶ ἳνα δειχθῇ τοῦτο φανερῶς, ὅτι καί οἱ ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύοντες τῆς χάριτος τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος κοινωνοὶ γίνονται· Πέτρου παραγενομένου εἰς τὴν Καισάρειαν, καὶ τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ διδάσιιοντος,ἡ Γραφῆ λέγει περὶ Κορνηλίου καὶ τῶν συμπαρόντων ν ε ~ σ ι ε - ν Ετι λαλουντος του Πέτρου τα ρήματα ταυτα, eteo: τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἆγιον ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸν λόγονʼ ὡς καὶτοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς τοὺς συνελθόντας τῷ Πέτρῳ, θαυμάζοντας καὶ ἐπισταμένους λέγειν· Ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη ὴ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ηνεύματος ἐκκέχυται. → Ἐν τῇ δυνάμει οὖν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, καὶ ὁ πρωτοστάτης τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν κλειδοῦχος Πέτρος, ἐν Λύδδῃ μὲν τῇ νῦν Διοσπόλει, ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ τὸν παραλυτικὸν Αἰνέαν ἐθεράπευσεν· ἐν Ἰόππῃ δὲ τὴν ἀγαθοεργὸν Ταβιθὰν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἤγειρεν. Ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ δώματος ἐν ἐκστάσει τὸν οὐρανὸν ἰδὼν ἀνεῳγμένον, καὶ διὰ τοῦ καθιεμένου ὡς ὀθόνης σκεύους, τοῦ πολυμόρφων καὶ πολυτρόπων ζώων πλήρους, τὸ μηδένα κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον λέγειν ἄνθρωπον, κἂν ἐξ Ἑλλήνων τυγχάνῃ, σαφῶς ἔμαθε· καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Κορνηλίου μετασταλεὶς, παρʼ αὐτοῦ φανερῶς ἤκουσε τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος· Ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες ζητοῦσί σε· ἀλλὰ ἀναστὰς, κατάβηθι, καὶ πορεύου σὺν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν διακρινόμενος, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀπέστειλα αὐτούς. Καὶ ἵνα δειχθῇ τοῦτο φανερῶς, ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύοντες τῆς χάριτος τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος κοινωνοὶ γίνονται· Πέτρου παραγενομένου εἰς τὴν Καισάρειαν, καὶ τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ διδάσκοντος, ἡ Γραφὴ λέγει περὶ Κορνηλίου καὶ τῶν συμπαρόντων, ὅτι· Ἔτι λαλοῦντος τοῦ Πέτρου τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, ἐπέπεσε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸν λόγον· ὡς καὶ τοὺς ἐκ περιτομῆς τοὺς συνελθόντας τῷ Πέτρῳ, θαυμάζοντας καὶ ἐξισταμένους λέγειν· Ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐκκέχυται..

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.27 (PG 33:997c–1000b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-27). (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: At Antioch the disciples were first called Christians, and the Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Paul, showing that the Spirit is living and personal.

• Quotations and allusions: Acts 11:22–30; 11:24; 11:26; 13:1–4; the "new name": Isa 62:2; 65:15. Acts 13:2 has "Saul"; Cyril writes "Paul". Acts places Agabus among the prophets who came down to Antioch (11:27–28), not in the list of 13:1.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreadings and debris; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses): Καὶ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ δὲ, τῆς Συρίας ἐπισημοτάτῃ πόλει, τοῦ περὶ Χριστοῦ κηρύγματος ἐνεργοῦνυ τος, συνεργὸς τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐντεῦθεν ἀπεστάλη Βαρνάὸας ἔως Ἀντιοχείας, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς, καὶ πλήρης Ηνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεωςʼ ὅς πολὺν θερισμὸν τῶν εἷς Χριστὸν πιπευόντῶν ἰδὼν, συναγωνιστὴν ἀπὸ Ταρσοῦ Ηαῦλον εἷς Ἀντιόχειαν ἢγαγεν. Ὄχλων τ ἶ ’ ¢ ἐ υ 9 Ι λ δ \ τε υπ αυτων ν τῃ Εκκλησιᾳ διοαᾸθέντων τε και συναχθέντων, ἰγένετο πρῶτον χρηματίσαι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς τοῦ ἁγίου Hmiματος, οἶμαι, τὸ προκαταγγελθὶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ὄνομα καινὸν ἑπιτιθέντος. Ἐκχεοο μένης δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πλείονος ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς πνευματικῆς χάριτος, προφῆται ἦσαν αὐτόθι καὶ διδάσκαλοι, μεθʼ ὧν καὶ ’Λγαβός. Λειτουργούντων δὶ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ιίίγιον Ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρνῶ βαν καὶ Ηαῦλον είς τὸ ἔργον, ’ὀ προσκέκλημαι αὐτοὺς. Καὶ χειρῶν αὐτοῖς έπιθεισῶν, ἐξεπέμφθησαν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Ιῐνεύματος. Δῆλον δὶ, ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ λέγοι καὶ πέμπον, ζῶν ἔστι καὶ ὑφεστὼς καὶ ἐνεργοῦν, ὡς εἰρήκαμεν. → Καὶ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ δὲ, τῆς Συρίας ἐπισημοτάτῃ πόλει, τοῦ περὶ Χριστοῦ κηρύγματος ἐνεργοῦντος, συνεργὸς τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐντεῦθεν ἀπεστάλη Βαρνάβας ἕως Ἀντιοχείας, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς, καὶ πλήρης Πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως· ὃς πολὺν θερισμὸν τῶν εἰς Χριστὸν πιστευόντων ἰδὼν, συναγωνιστὴν ἀπὸ Ταρσοῦ Παῦλον εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἤγαγεν. Ὄχλων τε ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ διδαχθέντων τε καὶ συναχθέντων, ἐγένετο πρῶτον χρηματίσαι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς· τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, οἶμαι, τὸ προκαταγγελθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ὄνομα καινὸν ἐπιτιθέντος. Ἐκχεομένης δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ πλείονος ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς πνευματικῆς χάριτος, προφῆται ἦσαν αὐτόθι καὶ διδάσκαλοι, μεθʼ ὧν καὶ Ἄγαβος. Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν Βαρνάβαν καὶ Παῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον, ὃ προσκέκλημαι αὐτούς. Καὶ χειρῶν αὐτοῖς ἐπιτεθεισῶν, ἐξεπέμφθησαν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος. Δῆλον δὲ, ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ λέγον καὶ πέμπον, ζῶν ἐστι καὶ ὑφεστὼς καὶ ἐνεργοῦν, ὡς εἰρήκαμεν..

Topics: Fasting

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.28 (PG 33:1000b–1000d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-28). (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 Spirit freed the church from the law's ceremonial burdens through the apostolic decree of Acts 15, which the apostles ascribed to the Holy Spirit.

• Quotations and allusions: Acts 15:10 (burden); Col 2:16–17; Heb 10:1; Acts 15:1–2; 15:28–29. "Sexual immorality" renders πορνεία.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR misreading; OCR misreading and stray marks; OCR: split word): Τοῦτο τὸ Ηνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον (ὃ), τὸ, συμφωνίᾳ Ηατρὸς καὶ Υἳοῦ, τὴν Καινὴν Διαθήκην ἐπὶ τῆς κα· θολικῆς → Τοῦτο τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸ συμφωνίᾳ Πατρὸς καὶ Υἱοῦ τὴν Καινὴν Διαθήκην ἐπὶ τῆς καθολικῆς; τῶν 1GP}κοινοῦ → τῶν περὶ κοινοῦ; περιρῥαν· τηρίων → περιῤῥαντηρίων; ἄ κατᾶ καιρὸν μὶν → ἃ κατὰ καιρὸν μὲν; ἐλθούσης δὶ → ἐλθούσης δὲ; Διᾶ γὰρ τήν ἐπὶ τῆ( Αντιοχείας → Διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας; πεμφθέντωνο οι ἐνταῦθα → πεμφθέντων, οἱ ἐνταῦθα; ἠλευθέρωταν → ἠλευθέρωσαν; αύθεντίαν → αὐθεντίαν; τούτωνʼ ἀπέχεσθαι εἷʼδωλοθυτων → τούτων· ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων; ἔργαφον τοῦτο δηλοῦντες σαφῶς, δτι εἴ καὶ → ἔγραφον τοῦτο δηλοῦντες σαφῶς, ὅτι εἰ καὶ; διάταγμαʼ ὅπερ οἱ περῖ → διάταγμα· ὅπερ οἱ περὶ; εἷς πᾷσαν τὴς οἰκουμένην → εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην.

Topics: Ethics

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.29 (PG 33:1000d–1001b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-29). (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: Cyril cannot recount all the Spirit's works through Paul, from Cyprus to Ephesus, where even his handkerchiefs healed and magicians burned their books.

• Allusions: Acts 13:6–12; 14:8–10; 15:41–16:12; 16:16–34; 17:1–4; 17:22–31; 18:1–17; 19:1–7; 19:11–12; 19:19. Several words are lost in the scan (marked … in the Greek); "teaching" is supplied in the translation by sense. The section breaks off in mid-sentence.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreadings and lines of debris; restored from the letters and the sense, unrecoverable words marked …): Ἐνταῦθαδέ τοῦ λόγου γενόμενος, συγγνώμην αἰτῶ παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀγάπης, μᾶλλον δὲ παρὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος ἐν Παύλῳ ΙΙνεύματος, εἷʼ μὴ δυναίμην τὰ πάντα διελθεῖν, ἀσθενείας τε τῆς ἐμῆς ἕνεκεν, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τοῦ ἀκουόντων ὑμῶν. Πὸτε γὰρ αὐτοῦ κατʼ ἀξίαν διηγήσομαι τὰς ἐκ τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ ἆγίου Ηνεύματος ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ θαυμασίας πράξεις, τὰς έν Κύπρῳ ἐπὶ Ἐλύμα τοῦ μάγοι), καὶ τὰς ἐν Λύστροις ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ χωλοῦ θεραπείας· καὶ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ, καὶ Φρυγίᾳ, καὶ Γαλατίᾳ, καὶ Μυσίᾳ, καὶ Μακεδονίᾳ· ἤ τὰ ἐν Φιλίπποις τὸ κήρυγμα λέγω, καὶ τοῦ Ηύθωνος ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ τὴν άπελασίανσ καὶ τὴν ἐν νυκτὶ, μέτᾶ σεισμὸν, τοῦ δεσμοφύλακος διὰ βαπτίσματος πανοικὶ σωτηρίαν· ἦτα Θεσσαλονίκῃ, καὶ τήν ἐν μέσοις ’Ᾰθηναίοις ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ δημηγορίανʼ ἤ τὰς ἐν Κορίνθῳ διδασκαλίας, καὶ ἐν ’Λχαῖᾳ πάσῃ; πῶς δὲ κατʼ ἀξίαν διηγήσομαι τὰς ἐν Ἐφέσῳ διὰ Παύλου γενομένας ὑπὸ τοῦ ἆγίου ΙῙνεύματος ἐνεργείας ς ’Ὀπερ ἀγνοοῦντες μὶν οἱ αὐτόθι προτέρον, ἐπέγνωσαν διὰ τῆς )6 Ηαύλου, καὶ ἐλθόντος τοῦ ἆγίου Πνεύματος ἐπὶ 1 ἱ ’κ ΙΝ Ἴ ο...λ Ῑ--Αμ-Ι--.,η m αὐτοὺς, έλάλουν γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτενον. Tor611)!“ ἐπʼ αύξῷ 1 fixi, χάρις τξνευματικὴ, ὡς η,_ η-.. μ.ν-ι-, _. -,-,.--. 2-1:-.. ΞΑ z. -.λλ..-ἱ -z ,ἡ μόνον αὐτὸν ἀπτόμενον ΐᾶσθαι· ἁλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τὰ πὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπιφερόμενα σουδάρια καὶ ση- -.ι n,-,.,-,---.μω -1- -.ι--..-..-ι λ..-ι-.ι......,ι μικίνθια, θεραπεύειν τὰς νόσους, καὶ ἀπελαύνειν τὰ οὔ πονηροῦ πνεύματα· ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἑοὺς τὰ περιεργιι Ib Ι, η,___, _A._ οι Ἰ Α---.-.._...._l-... τραξαντας, συνενέγκαντας τὰς βίβλους κατακαίειν έπῖ πάντων, → Ἐνταῦθα δὲ τοῦ λόγου γενόμενος, συγγνώμην αἰτῶ παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἀγάπης, μᾶλλον δὲ παρὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος ἐν Παύλῳ Πνεύματος, εἰ μὴ δυναίμην τὰ πάντα διελθεῖν, ἀσθενείας τε τῆς ἐμῆς ἕνεκεν, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῶν ἀκουόντων ὑμῶν. Πότε γὰρ αὐτοῦ κατʼ ἀξίαν διηγήσομαι τὰς ἐκ τῆς ἐνεργείας τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ θαυμασίας πράξεις, τὰς ἐν Κύπρῳ ἐπὶ Ἐλύμα τοῦ μάγου, καὶ τὰς ἐν Λύστροις ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ χωλοῦ θεραπείας· καὶ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ, καὶ Φρυγίᾳ, καὶ Γαλατίᾳ, καὶ Μυσίᾳ, καὶ Μακεδονίᾳ· ἢ τὰ ἐν Φιλίπποις, τὸ κήρυγμα λέγω, καὶ τοῦ Πύθωνος ἐν ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ τὴν ἀπελασίαν, καὶ τὴν ἐν νυκτὶ, μετὰ σεισμὸν, τοῦ δεσμοφύλακος διὰ βαπτίσματος πανοικὶ σωτηρίαν· εἶτα Θεσσαλονίκῃ, καὶ τὴν ἐν μέσοις Ἀθηναίοις ἐν Ἀρείῳ πάγῳ δημηγορίαν· ἢ τὰς ἐν Κορίνθῳ διδασκαλίας, καὶ ἐν Ἀχαΐᾳ πάσῃ; Πῶς δὲ κατʼ ἀξίαν διηγήσομαι τὰς ἐν Ἐφέσῳ διὰ Παύλου γενομένας ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐνεργείας; Ὅπερ ἀγνοοῦντες μὲν οἱ αὐτόθι πρότερον, ἐπέγνωσαν διὰ τῆς τοῦ Παύλου …· καὶ ἐλθόντος τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, ἐλάλουν γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτευον. Τοσαύτη δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ … χάρις πνευματικὴ, ὡς … οὐ μόνον αὐτὸν ἁπτόμενον ἰᾶσθαι· ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπιφερόμενα σουδάρια καὶ σιμικίνθια, θεραπεύειν τὰς νόσους, καὶ ἀπελαύνειν τὰ τοῦ πονηροῦ πνεύματα· ἤδη δὲ καὶ τοὺς τὰ περίεργα πράξαντας, συνενέγκαντας τὰς βίβλους κατακαίειν ἐπὶ πάντων ….

Topics: Baptism

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.30 (PG 33:1001b–1004a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-30). (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 passes over Troas and Miletus and traces the Spirit's power in Paul at Jerusalem, Caesarea, Malta, and Rome.

• Allusions and quotations: Acts 20:9–12; 20:17, 23; 21:10–13; 22:1–21; 24–26; 26:28; 28:3–9; 28:23–25. Debris and leaked marginal references from Migne's notes are removed, and some words lost in the scan are restored by sense, by a logged correction. The "third story": Acts 20:9.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR misreadings, debris, a duplicated line, and leaked marginal references from Migne's notes; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses, unrecoverable words marked …): Ηαρατρέχω καὶ τὰ ἐν Τρωάδι κατᾶ τὸν E5υχον, κατενεχθέντα μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου, καὶ πε- Ι ο ς ο ν UH? 1-151- _.. -.--.-l.. 3-1 πάντα ἀπὸ τριστέγου κάτω, καί ἀρθέντα νεκρὸν, ὑπὸ.\ π rx, τί--. tu--- u---_-l...__..-ἱ -.τη -..ιιι ῑὶ Παύλου διασωθέντα. Ηαρατρέχω καὶ τὰς πρὸς. Δ 1 1- 1 \ 9 ιι \,I,, -,‘_ bl, τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἐφέσου, τοὺς ἐν Μιλήτῳ κληθὲν- ξ τας, προφητείας· οἷς φανερῶς ἔλεγεν· Ὅτι τὸ Ηνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατᾶ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεταί μοι καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦ ειπεῖν, δτι κατὰ πόλιν, ἐδήλωσεν ὁ Ηαῦλος, ὅτι τὰ ἒν ἑκάστῃ ἰνεύματος ἑνεργείας ἦν, νεύματι Θεοῦ, καὶ έν Ι--1.-..-. --π ι.....ι-π. Ἰηῖιιῗῖυηηρ Ῡηιητηῗ). ἘΙ τίς δυ· ἶ ὀνόματι τοῦ ἐνʼ αὐτῷ λαλοῦντος Χριστοῦ. Ἐκ τῆς δυ· νάμεως τούτου τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, ἔσπευδε μέν εἵς τήν ἁγίαν ταύτην πόλινίερουσοιλιὴμ ὁ αὐτὸς Παῦλος* ’καί ταῦτα τοῦ Ἀγάβου τὰ συμβησόμενα αύτῷ προφητεύοντος Ηνεύματιο ἐδημηγόρει δὲ, τί περὶ Χριστοῦ διηγούμενος, ὲν πεποιθήσει. El: δὲ τὴν Καισάρειαν ἀναχθεὶς, καὶ μέσοις δικαστηρίων βήμασι,’ποτὲ μὶν ini Φήλικος, ποτὶ δὲ ἰπὶ Φήστου ἷἦγεμῖόνος καὶ Ἀγρίππα τοῦ βασιλέως, τοσαύτην ἒν. Ιένεύματος ἁγίουʼνικητικήν ἑν σοφίᾳ χάριν ἔσχενῦ ἢδη τὸν βασιλέα τῶ) ἰουδαίωγ Ηαῦλος, ὡς αὐτὸν ἱῖ χχςίξῖιξιῖἷ ει λοι. xxvi, 2-2’9. ιτ ibid. 28. Ἀγρίππαν εἴπεῖψ Ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθεις Χριστιαε νὸν γενέσθαι. → Παρατρέχω καὶ τὰ ἐν Τρωάδι κατὰ τὸν Εὔτυχον, κατενεχθέντα μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου, καὶ πεσόντα ἀπὸ τριστέγου κάτω, καὶ ἀρθέντα νεκρὸν, ὑπὸ δὲ Παύλου διασωθέντα. Παρατρέχω καὶ τὰς πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους Ἐφέσου, τοὺς ἐν Μιλήτῳ κληθέντας, προφητείας· οἷς φανερῶς ἔλεγεν· Ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεταί μοι, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦ εἰπεῖν, ὅτι κατὰ πόλιν, ἐδήλωσεν ὁ Παῦλος, ὅτι τὰ ἐν ἑκάστῃ … Πνεύματος ἐνεργείας ἦν, νεύματι Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ λαλοῦντος Χριστοῦ. Ἐκ τῆς δυνάμεως τούτου τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, ἔσπευδε μὲν εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν ταύτην πόλιν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὁ αὐτὸς Παῦλος· καὶ ταῦτα τοῦ Ἀγάβου τὰ συμβησόμενα αὐτῷ προφητεύοντος Πνεύματι· ἐδημηγόρει δὲ τῷ λαῷ τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ διηγούμενος ἐν πεποιθήσει. Εἰς δὲ τὴν Καισάρειαν ἀναχθεὶς, καὶ μέσοις δικαστηρίων βήμασι, ποτὲ μὲν ἐπὶ Φήλικος, ποτὲ δὲ ἐπὶ Φήστου ἡγεμόνος καὶ Ἀγρίππα τοῦ βασιλέως, τοσαύτην ἐκ Πνεύματος ἁγίου νικητικὴν ἐν σοφίᾳ χάριν ἔσχεν ὁ Παῦλος, ὡς αὐτὸν τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων Ἀγρίππαν εἰπεῖν· Ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθεις Χριστιανὸν γενέσθαι.; ἐλάλησα διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, λὲγοντος → ἐλάλησε διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος.

Topics: Church office

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.31 (PG 33:1004b–1005b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Summary: Paul's letters show that he and the other apostles were full of the Holy Spirit.

• Migne prints ὁμοούσιον ("of one being") in square brackets, marking it as a doubtful reading; it is translated in brackets. Quotations: 1 Cor 2:4; 2 Cor 1:22 with 5:5; Rom 8:11; 2 Tim 1:14.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR misreading; OCR: stray mark): ’Ὁτι γε Πνεύματος αγίου πλήρης ἢν ὁ Ηαῦλος → Ὅτι γε Πνεύματος ἁγίου πλήρης ἦν ὁ Παῦλος; εἰς Πατὲρα καὶ rte» καὶ → εἰς Πατέρα καὶ Υἱὸν καὶ; γράφοντοςσ Καὶ → γράφοντος· Καὶ; ἀνθρωπίνης (ὅ) λόγοις → ἀνθρωπίνης λόγοις; Ὁ δὲ σφαγισάμενος ἡμᾶς είς → Ὁ δὲ σφραγισάμενος ἡμᾶς εἰς; τοῦ Ηνεύματος· καὶ πάλινʼ → τοῦ Πνεύματος· καὶ πάλιν·; Θνητᾶ → θνητὰ; Ilvatiματος → Πνεύματος; γράφων Τήν καλὴν → γράφων· Τὴν καλὴν.

Topics: Trinity

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.32 (PG 33:1005b–1005c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Summary: Paul's letters show the Spirit as living and personal; the order of the creed's articles excludes Sabellius' error even though "spirit" is said of Father, Son, and Spirit alike.

• Contains section 34, not separated in the scan (its numeral is garbled). Quotations: 1 Tim 4:1; Eph 3:5; Heb 3:7; 10:15; Eph 6:17–18; 5:18–19; 2 Cor 13:14; Heb 11:32 ("time would fail me"); John 4:24; Lam 4:20 (LXX, which Cyril ascribes to Jeremiah); John 14:26. Cyril counts fourteen Epistles of Paul, including Hebrews. The words of the creed are from the creed of the church of Jerusalem that the lectures expound. Sabellius taught that Father, Son, and Spirit are one person under three names. The beginnings of many lines are lost at the edge of the scan, and leaked marginal references from Migne's notes stand in the text; both are restored or removed 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, a garbled section numeral, and leaked marginal references from Migne's notes; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses): ’Ὁτι δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ὑφέστηκε, καὶ ζῇ, καὶ λαλεῖ, καὶ προλέγει, πολλάκις μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῖν εἷʼρηται· γράφει δὲ σαφῶς πρὸς Τιμόθεον ὁ Παῦλοςʼ Τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει, ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πί· στεως ἅπερ ού μόνον ἐν τοῖς πρὸ ἡμῶν, ἀλλά καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐφʼ ἡμῶν σχίσμασιν ὁρῶμεν, ποικίλης καὶ πολυτρόπου τῆς τῶν αἱρετικῶν πλάνης οῦσηςʼ καὶ πάλιν ὁ αὐτός φησιν· ’0 ἒτὲραις γενεαῖς οὐκ ἰγνωρίσοη τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπιον, ὡς vivimικαλύφθη τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ προρήταις ἐν Πνεύματι, καί τὰ ἑξῆςι καὶ πάλιν· Διὸ, ιαθὼς λέγει τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· καὶ πάλιν· Μαρυρεῖ δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιοϊ καὶ πάλιν οἷς τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁπλίταις προσφωνεῖ, λέγων· ἰαὶ τήν περικεθαλαίαν τοῦ σωτηρίου δέξασθεΊ αὶ τήν μάχαιραν τοῦ Πνεΰματος, ὅ ἐστι ῥῆμα εοῦ, διὰ πάσης προσευχῆς καὶ δεήσεως καὶ ἀλιν· Μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία· λλὰ πληροῦσθε πνεύματος, λαλοῦντες ἐν ἑανιῖς, ψαλμοῖς καί ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς ιιὶ πάλιν* Ἤ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, καὶὴ (άπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος μετά πάντων ὑμῶν, AA'. Διʼ ὧν ἁπαντων, καὶ τῶν παραλειφθέντων λειόνων, συνίσταται τοῖς νοοῦσιν ἡ ἐνυμόστατος, καὶ γιοποιὸς, καὶ ἐνεργητική τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος δύιμις, Ἐπιλείψει γὰρ με διηγούμενονὸχρόνος,ιί ἰουλόμην λέγειν τὰ λείποντα περὶ ἁγίου Πνεύμπτος ιτῶν Παύλου τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα Ἐπιστολῶν-ἒν ς ποικίλως, καὶ ἀνελλιπῶς, καὶ εὐλαβῶς ἐδίδαξεν. ἰργον δʼ ἂν εἴή τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου [1νεῦατος, ἡμῖν μὶν ἐφʼ οἷς ἐνελλείπομεν, διὰ τὸ τῶν μερῶν ὀλίγον δοῦναι συγγνώμην· ὑμῖν δὲ τοῖς ιροαταῖς τῶν λειπόντων τελειοτέραν ἐνθεῖναι τήν νῶτιιν τῶν σπουδαίων ἐν ὑμῖν ἐγ τῆς πυκνοτέρα iw θείων Γραφῶν ἀναγνώσεως ταῦτα μανθανόντων· Ξη δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν παρουσῶν τούτων κατηχήσεων, ιὶ ἐκ τῶν πρότερον εἰρημένων ἡμῖν, βεβαιοτέραν 3v πίστιν ἐχόντων, Εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοiitopu' καί εἷς τὸν Κύριον. ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριτὸν, τὸν Υίὸν αὑτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ· καὶ είς Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν ΙΙαράκλητον. Τῆς λέξεως ἐν τε καὶ ὀνομασίας αὐτῆς, τῆς τοῦ Πνεύμοτος. ταῖς θείαις Ιραφαῖς κειμένης ἐπικοίνως (λέγεται ιρ περὶ τοῦ ΙΙατρός, Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς ἐν τῷ τὰ Ἰωάννην Εὐαγγελίῳ γέγραπται· καὶ περὶ τοῦ οῦ, Πνεῦμα πρὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν Χριστὸς Ephes. v1, l7, l8. ibid. 18, 19. lI Cor. xm, ιςιηιἽ-ι-ηιλ nA-M: ιησιιι 7οῐιιιιη Κύριος, ὥς φησιν Ἱερεμίας ὁ προφήτης· καὶ 1 τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, Ὀ δὲ Ηαράκλητος, τὸ Il μα τὸ ἅγιον, ὡς εἷρηται), τῆς δὲ ἐν τῇ πίστει ξεως εὐσεβῶς νοουμένης, καὶ τήν Σαβελλίου πλε ἀπελαυνούσηςʼ ἐπανέλθωμεν τῷ λόγῳ πρὸς τὸ κατεπεῖγον, καὶ ὑμῖν συμφέρον. → Ὅτι δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ὑφέστηκε, καὶ ζῇ, καὶ λαλεῖ, καὶ προλέγει, πολλάκις μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῖν εἴρηται· γράφει δὲ σαφῶς πρὸς Τιμόθεον ὁ Παῦλος· Τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει, ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως· ἅπερ οὐ μόνον ἐν τοῖς πρὸ ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐφʼ ἡμῶν σχίσμασιν ὁρῶμεν, ποικίλης καὶ πολυτρόπου τῆς τῶν αἱρετικῶν πλάνης οὔσης· καὶ πάλιν ὁ αὐτός φησιν· Ὃ ἑτέραις γενεαῖς οὐκ ἐγνωρίσθη τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὡς νῦν ἀπεκαλύφθη τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀποστόλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ προφήταις ἐν Πνεύματι, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· καὶ πάλιν· Διὸ, καθὼς λέγει τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· καὶ πάλιν· Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· καὶ πάλιν τοῖς τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁπλίταις προσφωνεῖ, λέγων· Καὶ τὴν περικεφαλαίαν τοῦ σωτηρίου δέξασθε, καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν τοῦ Πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστι ῥῆμα Θεοῦ, διὰ πάσης προσευχῆς καὶ δεήσεως· καὶ πάλιν· Μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία· ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε Πνεύματι, λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς· καὶ πάλιν· Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν. ΛΔʹ. Διʼ ὧν ἁπάντων, καὶ τῶν παραλειφθέντων πλειόνων, συνίσταται τοῖς νοοῦσιν ἡ ἐνυπόστατος, καὶ ἁγιοποιὸς, καὶ ἐνεργητικὴ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος δύναμις. Ἐπιλείψει γάρ με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος, εἰ ἐβουλόμην λέγειν τὰ λείποντα περὶ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐκ τῶν Παύλου τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα Ἐπιστολῶν, ἐν αἷς ποικίλως, καὶ ἀνελλιπῶς, καὶ εὐλαβῶς ἐδίδαξεν. Ἔργον δʼ ἂν εἴη τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, ἡμῖν μὲν ἐφʼ οἷς ἐνελλείπομεν, διὰ τὸ τῶν ἡμερῶν ὀλίγον, δοῦναι συγγνώμην· ὑμῖν δὲ τοῖς ἀκροαταῖς τῶν λειπόντων τελειοτέραν ἐνθεῖναι τὴν γνῶσιν, τῶν σπουδαίων ἐν ὑμῖν ἐκ τῆς πυκνοτέρας τῶν θείων Γραφῶν ἀναγνώσεως ταῦτα μανθανόντων· ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν παρουσῶν τούτων κατηχήσεων, καὶ ἐκ τῶν πρότερον εἰρημένων ἡμῖν, βεβαιοτέραν τὴν πίστιν ἐχόντων, Εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα· καὶ εἰς τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ· καὶ εἰς Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν Παράκλητον. Τῆς λέξεως μὲν καὶ ὀνομασίας αὐτῆς, τῆς τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἐν ταῖς θείαις Γραφαῖς κειμένης ἐπικοίνως (λέγεται γὰρ περὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς, Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεὸς, ὡς ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἰωάννην Εὐαγγελίῳ γέγραπται· καὶ περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, Πνεῦμα πρὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν Χριστὸς Κύριος, ὥς φησιν Ἱερεμίας ὁ προφήτης· καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, Ὁ δὲ Παράκλητος, τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ὡς εἴρηται), τῆς δὲ ἐν τῇ πίστει τάξεως εὐσεβῶς νοουμένης, καὶ τὴν Σαβελλίου πλάνην ἀπελαυνούσης· ἐπανέλθωμεν τῷ λόγῳ πρὸς τὸ κατεπεῖγον, καὶ ὑμῖν συμφέρον..

Topics: Trinity, Heresy, Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.33 (PG 33:1005d–1009a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-33). (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.

Summary: Candidates must come to baptism sincerely, looking not to the minister but to the Holy Spirit, who gives a seal the demons fear.

• Contains section 36, not separated in the scan (its numeral is garbled). Allusions and quotations: Acts 8:13–23; Eph 1:13; Matt 7:6; Matt 12:28. The beginnings of many lines are lost at the edge of the scan and are restored by sense; the section breaks off in mid-sentence.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR: first letters of many lines lost at the edge of the scan, misreadings, a garbled section numeral, and a stray marginal reference; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses, the lost end marked …): Βλέπε μή ποτε κατὰ τὸν Σίμωνα προσέρχ τοῖς βαπτίζουσιν ὑποκρινόμενος, ἡ δὲ καρδία σο ζητῇ νήν ἀλήθειαν. Ἠμέτερον τὸ διαμαρτύρασ σὸν δὲ τὸ ἀσφαλίζεσθαι. Εἰ ἕστηκας ἐν πίστει, μα ριος τυγχάνειςʼ εἱ πέπτωκας ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ, ῥῖψον ἀπιστίαν ἀπὸ τῆς τήμερον, καί πληροφορήθητι. τὰ γὰρ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ βαπτίσματος, ὅταν προσέλ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπισκόπων, ἥ πρεσβυτέρων, ἤ διακόν (ἁπανταχοῦ γὰρ ἡ χάρις, καὶ ἐν κώμαις, καὶ ἐν η λεσι· καὶ ἐπὶ ἰδιωτῶν καὶ ἐλλογίμων, καὶ ἐπὶ δού καὶ ἐλευθέρων· ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπωνὴ χά ἀλλʼ ἐκ Θεοῦ διʼ ἀνθρώπων ἡ Marc)‘ σὺ μὲν προ( χου τῷ βαπτίζοντιʼ προσέρχου δὲ, μή προσέχων προσώπῳ τοῦ φαινομένου, ἀλλά μέμνησο τοῦ II‘ ματος τοῦ ἁγίου τούτου περὶ οὗ νῦν ὁ λόγος. Τ( γὰρ ἕτοιμον πάρεστι σφραγίσαι σου τήν ψυχήν· δίδωσι σφραγῖδα ἢν τρέμουσι δαίμονες, ἒποι νιὸν τινα καὶ θείαν, καθὼς καὶ γέγραπται· Ἐν καὶ πιστεύσαντες, ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ Ηνεύματι ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ, Λζ“. Ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζει τήν ψυχὴν, οὐ βάλλει τοὶ μαργαρίτας ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων. Εἰ ὑποκρίνῃ, ἄνθρωποί σε βαπτίζουσι, τὸ δὲ ΙΙνεῦμά σε οὐ βα Gal. Ἐὰν δὲ ἐκ πίστεως προσέλθῃς, ἅνθρωποι ., μη. ὑπηρετοῦσιν εἰς τὸ φαινόμενον, Ηνεῢμα δὲ ἅγιον δωσι τὸ μή φαινόμενον. Εἲς μεγάλην ἐξέτασιν ἕρ εἷίμεγάλην στρατολογίαν, κατὰ τήν μίαν ὥραν ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃς, ἆκατόρθωτόν σοι τὸ κακόν· ἐὰν καταξιωθῇς τῆς χὰριτος, φωτίζεται σου ἡ ψυχὴ, λ τάνεις δύναμιν ἢ οὐκ εἶχες. Λαμβἀνεις ὅπλα φρι- ,ῶδη τοῖς δαίμοσι· καὶ ἐὰν μή ῥιψῃς τὰ ὅπλα, χιις δὲ τὴν σφραγῖδα ἐπὶ ψυχῆς, οὐ προσὲρχεται αίμων· πτήσσει γάρ· καὶ δὴ ἐν Πνεύματι 05mi- ἐκ· → Βλέπε μή ποτε κατὰ τὸν Σίμωνα προσέρχῃ τοῖς βαπτίζουσιν ὑποκρινόμενος, ἡ δὲ καρδία σου μὴ ζητῇ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Ἡμέτερον τὸ διαμαρτύρασθαι, σὸν δὲ τὸ ἀσφαλίζεσθαι. Εἰ ἕστηκας ἐν πίστει, μακάριος τυγχάνεις· εἰ πέπτωκας ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ, ῥῖψον τὴν ἀπιστίαν ἀπὸ τῆς σήμερον, καὶ πληροφορήθητι. Κατὰ γὰρ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ βαπτίσματος, ὅταν προσέλθῃς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐπισκόπων, ἢ πρεσβυτέρων, ἢ διακόνων (ἁπανταχοῦ γὰρ ἡ χάρις, καὶ ἐν κώμαις, καὶ ἐν πόλεσι· καὶ ἐπὶ ἰδιωτῶν καὶ ἐλλογίμων, καὶ ἐπὶ δούλων καὶ ἐλευθέρων· ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἡ χάρις, ἀλλʼ ἐκ Θεοῦ διʼ ἀνθρώπων ἡ δωρεά), σὺ μὲν πρόσερχου τῷ βαπτίζοντι· προσέρχου δὲ, μὴ προσέχων τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ φαινομένου, ἀλλὰ μέμνησο τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου τούτου περὶ οὗ νῦν ὁ λόγος. Τοῦτο γὰρ ἕτοιμον πάρεστι σφραγίσαι σου τὴν ψυχήν· καὶ δίδωσι σφραγῖδα ἣν τρέμουσι δαίμονες, ἐπουράνιόν τινα καὶ θείαν, καθὼς καὶ γέγραπται· Ἐν ᾧ καὶ πιστεύσαντες, ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ Πνεύματι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ. ΛϚʹ. Ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζει τὴν ψυχὴν, οὐ βάλλει τοὺς μαργαρίτας ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων. Εἰ ὑποκρίνῃ, ἄνθρωποί σε βαπτίζουσι, τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμά σε οὐ βαπτίζει. Ἐὰν δὲ ἐκ πίστεως προσέλθῃς, ἄνθρωποι μὲν ὑπηρετοῦσιν εἰς τὸ φαινόμενον, Πνεῦμα δὲ ἅγιον δίδωσι τὸ μὴ φαινόμενον. Εἰς μεγάλην ἐξέτασιν ἔρχῃ, εἰς μεγάλην στρατολογίαν, κατὰ τὴν μίαν ὥραν ταύτην· ἣν ἐὰν ἀπολέσῃς, ἀκατόρθωτόν σοι τὸ κακόν· ἐὰν δὲ καταξιωθῇς τῆς χάριτος, φωτίζεταί σου ἡ ψυχὴ, λαμβάνεις δύναμιν ἣν οὐκ εἶχες. Λαμβάνεις ὅπλα φρικώδη τοῖς δαίμοσι· καὶ ἐὰν μὴ ῥίψῃς τὰ ὅπλα, ἔχῃς δὲ τὴν σφραγῖδα ἐπὶ ψυχῆς, οὐ προσέρχεται δαίμων· πτήσσει γάρ· καὶ δὴ ἐν Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἐκ….

Topics: Baptism, Church office

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.35 (PG 33:1009a–1012a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Summary: The Paraclete guards the faithful and gives gifts to those who do not grieve him; Cyril prays that the Spirit be sent on the candidates as at Pentecost.

• Contains section 38, not separated in the scan (its numeral is garbled). Allusions and quotations: Ps 121:8 (LXX 120:8, "goings in and goings out"); Eph 4:30; Gal 5:22–23; 2 Pet 1:21. The beginnings of many lines are lost at the edge of the scan and are restored by sense; a few words before section 38, and the end of the doxology, are lost.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR: first letters of many lines lost at the edge of the scan, misreadings, and a garbled section numeral; restored from the letters, the sense, and the quoted verses, the lost words marked …): Ἐἀν πιστεύσῃς, οὐ μόνον λαμβάνεις ἄφεσιν mp'nJiv, ἀλλὰ ποιεῖς καὶ τὰ ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον·γέ- >ιτο δέ σε ἄξιον εἶναι καὶ προφητικοῦ χαρίσματος. αμβάνεις γὰρ τοσοῦτον τῆς γχάριτος, ὅσον χώρεῖς, ιὶ οὐχ ὅσον ἐγὼ λέγω. Ἐγχωρεῖ γὰρ ἐμὲ μὲν μινεὶ λέγειν, σέ δὲ μείζονα λαμβάνειν· ἐπειδὴ πραματεία πλατεῖα ἡ πίστις. Παραμένει σοι διὰ ιντὸς 6 φρουρὸς 6 Παράχλητος· περὶ σοῦ μεριμνᾷ, σπερ ἰδίου στρατιῶτου· περὶ τῶν εἷʼσόδων σου, καὶ ι.. ηιμ.. _ - Δ -. ερὶ τῶν ἐξόδων σου, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐπιβουλευόντων· ιὶ δίδωσί σοι παντοίας χαρισμάτων δόσεις, ἐὰν μὴ ’ ἁμαρτίας αὐτὸν λυπήσῃ-,ςʼ γέγραπται γὰρ· Καὶ μή meite τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ scopa. ἶσθητε εἷς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως. Τί οὗν ἐστιν, γαπτητοῖ, τὸ διατηρῆσαι τὴν χάριν; Ἑτοιμοι γίνεσθε ς τὸ ὐποδέξασθαι τὴν χάριν· καὶ δεξάμενοι, μή ἀπο- ΛῙΓ- Αὐτὸς δὲ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, 6 λαλήσας ἐν νεύματι ἁγίῳ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν, ὁ ἐξαποστείλας Βτὸ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Πεντηκοστῆς ἒν· ιιῦτα τοῦτο καὶ νῦν αὐτὸς ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἐξαποστείλειε· αἲ διὰ τούτου καὶ ἡμᾶς τηρήσειε, κοινὴν ἄπειιν ἡμῖν παρασχὼν τήν εὐεργεσίαν· ἳνα πάντοτε τοὺς αρποὺς τοῦ ἁγίου ΙΙνεῦματος ἀποδῶμεν· ἀγάπην, άρὰν εἰρήνην, μακροθυμίαν, χρηστότητα, ἀγαθωο Sv'qv, πίφτιν, πραῢτητα, ἐγκράτειαν· ἂν Χριστῷ ησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν· διʼ οὗ καὶ μεθʼ οὗ, σὺν ἁγίῳ νεύματι, δόξα τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ νῦν, καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶεῗς → Ἐὰν πιστεύσῃς, οὐ μόνον λαμβάνεις ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἀλλὰ ποιεῖς καὶ τὰ ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον· γένοιτο δέ σε ἄξιον εἶναι καὶ προφητικοῦ χαρίσματος. Λαμβάνεις γὰρ τοσοῦτον τῆς χάριτος, ὅσον χωρεῖς, καὶ οὐχ ὅσον ἐγὼ λέγω. Ἐγχωρεῖ γὰρ ἐμὲ μὲν μικρὰ λέγειν, σὲ δὲ μείζονα λαμβάνειν· ἐπειδὴ πραγματεία πλατεῖα ἡ πίστις. Παραμένει σοι διὰ παντὸς ὁ φρουρὸς ὁ Παράκλητος· περὶ σοῦ μεριμνᾷ, ὥσπερ ἰδίου στρατιώτου· περὶ τῶν εἰσόδων σου, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐξόδων σου, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐπιβουλευόντων· καὶ δίδωσί σοι παντοίας χαρισμάτων δόσεις, ἐὰν μὴ διʼ ἁμαρτίας αὐτὸν λυπήσῃς· γέγραπται γάρ· Καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως. Τί οὖν ἐστιν, ἀγαπητοὶ, τὸ διατηρῆσαι τὴν χάριν; Ἕτοιμοι γίνεσθε εἰς τὸ ὑποδέξασθαι τὴν χάριν· καὶ δεξάμενοι, μὴ ἀπο… ΛΗʹ. Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, ὁ λαλήσας ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίῳ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν, ὁ ἐξαποστείλας αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Πεντηκοστῆς ἐνταῦθα, τοῦτο καὶ νῦν αὐτὸς ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἐξαποστείλειε· καὶ διὰ τούτου καὶ ἡμᾶς τηρήσειε, κοινὴν ἅπασιν ἡμῖν παρασχὼν τὴν εὐεργεσίαν· ἵνα πάντοτε τοὺς καρποὺς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἀποδῶμεν· ἀγάπην, χαρὰν, εἰρήνην, μακροθυμίαν, χρηστότητα, ἀγαθωσύνην, πίστιν, πραΰτητα, ἐγκράτειαν· ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν· διʼ οὗ καὶ μεθʼ οὗ, σὺν ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, δόξα τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ νῦν, καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς ….

Topics: Prayer

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 17.37 (PG 33:1012a–1012d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-17-37). (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: Hope of the resurrection is the root of good works and of bodily purity; it is denied by Greeks, Samaritans, and heretics alike.

• The heading of the lecture (the article of the creed and the reading, Ezek 37:1–14) is not in the staged text; its last words ("and so on") are removed by a logged correction. "Sexual immorality" renders πορνεία.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; remnant of the lecture's heading (the end of the reading)): καὶ ’τά ἑξῆς, Ῥίζα → Ῥίζα; Ἓτοιμος μὶν γὰρ → Ἕτοιμος μὲν γὰρ; ἀμισθί κάμνουσι, προκαταπίπτει καὶ ἠ ψυχή μετά → ἀμισθὶ κάμνουσι, προκαταπίπτει καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ μετὰ; εἷς πολέμους ἕτοιμοςο → εἰς πολέμους ἕτοιμος·; ’ἕτοιμος εἷς τὸ ὑπεραπυθανεῖν → ἕτοιμος εἰς τὸ ὑπεραποθανεῖν; δίδωσιν ἑαυτρν εἰςʼπορνείας → δίδωσιν ἑαυτὸν εἰς πορνείας; παρακεχρημέιος → παρακεχρημένος; Ἀντιλὲγουσιν Ἓλληνες, ἀπιποῦσι → Ἀντιλέγουσιν Ἕλληνες, ἀπιστοῦσι; ΙῙοΙυειδής → Πολυειδὴς.

Topics: Eschatology, Ethics

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.1 (PG 33:1017a–1017b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-1). (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: Greeks and Samaritans object that a body rotted, eaten, or burned and scattered cannot be gathered again.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR debris; OCR misreading): ἄρκτοι καὶ λέοντες ι s \ κ ρ.- ‘ και αυτα τα ὀστέα λεπτυναντες → ἄρκτοι καὶ λέοντες καὶ αὐτὰ τὰ ὀστέα λεπτύναντες; γυπες ιιι κόρακες → γῦπες καὶ κόρακες; τὸ σῶμα ς Ἐγχωρεῖ → τὸ σῶμα; Ἐγχωρεῖ; τᾶν μὶν έν → τὸν μὲν ἐν; ὄμβροςῆ όίνεμος → ὄμβρος ἢ ἄνεμος.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.2 (PG 33:1020a–1020b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-2). (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: Distance is nothing to God, who holds the earth in his hand; if a man can sort mixed seeds in his hand, God can gather and restore bodies.

• Allusion: Isa 40:12 (God holding the earth in his hand).

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR misreading): Σοὶ,τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ μιχροτάτῳ ὅτι καὶ ἀσθενεῖ, μαχρά → Σοὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ μικροτάτῳ τε καὶ ἀσθενεῖ, μακρὰ; Ἰσπανία lle;σίδος· Θεῷ δὶ → Ἰσπανία Περσίδος· Θεῷ δὲ; ἐκείνω δυνάμει → ἐκείνου δυνάμει; ἀκτίνωι → ἀκτίνων; καὶ ἀνὴρ δν ὁ Oed: ἐποίησε → καὶ ἀὴρ ὃν ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησε; ἡλίω καὶ → ἡλίου καὶ; κόσμου ςὙπόθου → κόσμου; Ὑπόθου; περὶ τήν ιιίεντινΥ ἀσθενῆ λέγω καὶ τὰ ὖπίδείγματα → περὶ τὴν πίστιν, ἀσθενῆ λέγω καὶ τὰ ὑποδείγματα; ταῦτα τὶ διάφορα τῶν γεννημάτων περιέχεσθαι ἓν μιᾷν δρωιῖ τῇ μέγα σοί ἐστι ἆρα → ταῦτα τὰ διάφορα τῶν γεννημάτων περιέχεσθαι ἐν μιᾷ δρακί· μέγα σοί ἐστιν ἆρα; εἷς γένος ; → εἰς γένος;; tauτοῦ → ἑαυτοῦ; ού δύναται → οὐ δύναται.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.3 (PG 33:1020c–1021a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-3). (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: Justice requires a judgment after this life, since many evildoers die unpunished; like a president of games, God awards the crowns at the end.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR: split word): Ηρόσχες δέ μοι καὶ αύτῷ → Πρόσχες δέ μοι καὶ αὐτῷ; ἐλθὶ είς σεαυτόν → ἐλθὲ εἰς σεαυτόν; οἳ μὶν καλοὶ τυγχάνουσιν, οὶ δὲ → οἱ μὲν καλοὶ τυγχάνουσιν, οἱ δὲ; παρᾶ σοὶ μὲν → παρὰ σοὶ μὲν; ἂδιαδόχφ → ἀδιαδόχῳ; οὐκ ’ἔστιν ; → οὐκ ἔστιν;; Ἀλλά ἀσεβὴς ἦ ἄρνησις. σκὸπησον → Ἀλλὰ ἀσεβὴς ἡ ἄρνησις. Σκόπησον; ἰπὶ κοίτης ἆτιμώρητοι → ἐπὶ κοίτης ἀτιμώρητοι; Πολλάκις δὶ καὶ → Πολλάκις δὲ καὶ; ἅπετμήθη → ἀπετμήθη; Ἐὰν μὴ·ᾗ → Ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ; κός σμον → κόσμον; στεφανοῢο ται → στεφανοῦται; βραδεῖα → βραβεῖα; ὓστερον δὶ → ὕστερον δὲ.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.4 (PG 33:1021a–1021c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-4). (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: Even unbelievers' punishment of grave-robbers shows an unbroken awareness of the resurrection.

• Contains the beginning of section 6, not separated in the scan (its numeral is misread); the rest of section 6 is in 18.6. A stray note from Migne's apparatus on a reading in 18.3 is removed by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR misreading; OCR misreading (section numeral ϛ read as ζ); a note from Migne's apparatus (on διακρῖναι in 18.3) removed; OCR misreading (stray section numeral)): I. Ei‘ δὲ ἀνᾶστασις → Εἰ δὲ ἀνάστασις; Εἴ γὰρ ἀπόλωλε → Εἰ γὰρ ἀπόλωλε; κᾶν ἀρνῇ τοῖς Χείλεσι, μένει παρᾶ σοὶ → κἂν ἀρνῇ τοῖς χείλεσι, μένει παρὰ σοὶ; ἀρῥαγής. ζʼ. Εἶτα, δένδρον μὲν ἑκκοπὲν, ἐπανθεῖ· ἃν- Διακρῖναι. Roe, Ca_s_aub., διακρῖναι καὶ συνιιὶωίε. → ἀῤῥαγής. Ϛʹ. Εἶτα, δένδρον μὲν ἐκκοπὲν, ἐπανθεῖ· ἄν-.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.5 (PG 33:1021c–1021d; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-5). (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: Trees, harvests, transplanted shoots, and sown seed all come back to life; how much more will man, for whose sake they exist.

• The rest of section 6, begun at the end of 18.5. Allusions: Job 14:7; John 12:24; 1 Cor 15:36–37. The opening words are the end of Migne's note (removed by a logged correction). "Have fallen" renders a misread word restored by sense.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR misreading; OCR misreading; restored by sense; end of a note from Migne's apparatus removed; OCR misreading): legit, διακρῖναι, σαναγαγεῖν καὶ ἀποθρωπος δὶ ἐκκοπεὶς, οὐκ ἀνθιῖ ; → θρωπος δὲ ἐκκοπεὶς, οὐκ ἀνθεῖ;; Καὶ τὰ nuptum ὂὶ καὶ θερισθάντα, μὲνει εἷς ἅλωνας ἅνθρωπος ὂὶ θερισθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, οὖ μὲνει εἰς ἀλωνα; → Καὶ τὰ σπαρέντα καὶ θερισθέντα μένει εἰς ἅλωνα· ἄνθρωπος δὲ θερισθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, οὐ μένει εἰς ἅλωνα;; ἀποτμηοὲντα → ἀποτμηθέντα; καρποφορεῖ* ἄνθρωπος δὲ, διʼ ’ὸν ιὰ. κεῖνά ἐστι, πεσὼν εἷς γῆν, ἂρα οὐκ aveat-nium; → καρποφορεῖ· ἄνθρωπος δὲ, διʼ ὃν ἐκεῖνά ἐστι, πεσὼν εἰς γῆν, ἆρα οὐκ ἀνίσταται;; Ὦς ἐν συγκρίσει δὲ καμάτων, ποῖον μεῖζον ςάνδριη ἀντα τὸν μή ὅντα πλάσαι ὗε ἀρχῆς, ἢ τὸν πεσόντι ἆναχωνεῦσαι πᾶλιν εἰς τὸ αὖτό σχῆμα ; → Ὡς ἐν συγκρίσει δὲ καμάτων, ποῖον μεῖζον, ἀνδριάντα τὸν μὴ ὄντα πλάσαι ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἢ τὸν πεσόντα ἀναχωνεῦσαι πάλιν εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ σχῆμα;; τοὺς ὄντας καὶ τικτόντας → τοὺς ὄντας καὶ πεσόντας; τυγχᾶνωψ ἔκ τῆς → τυγχάνων, ἐκ τῆς; πεσὼν δὲ ὸ σπόρος → πεσὼν δὲ ὁ σπόρος; ’Δλλ ὁ acuit,, ἐγείρεται Ἇλοερός → Ἀλλʼ ὁ σαπεὶς ἐγείρεται χλοερός; διὰ γᾶρ → διὰ γὰρ; σπέρμπι → σπέρματα; διʼ οὕς γέγονι nhil“, ἄρα νεκρωθέντες οὒκ → διʼ οὓς γέγονεν ἐκεῖνα, ἆρα νεκρωθέντες οὐκ.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.6 (PG 33:1021d–1024c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-6). (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 yearly revival of trees in spring, and of drowned insects and hibernating dormice, are images of the resurrection.

• Cyril speaks in winter: the lectures were given in Lent, before Easter. A badly garbled passage is restored from the letters and the sense by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters and debris); restored from the letters and the sense; OCR misreading): ἕστηκε τὰ δενδρι νῦν ὡς νεκρά. Ποῦ γὰρ τὰ ᾳύλλα τῆς auxi,“ W3 η Ἀλλʼ ἦν χειμῶνι ταῦτσιι· ς οἳ βότρυες τῆς ἀμπέλου ς κρὰ, καὶ ἐν ἔαρι χλοερά· καὶ ὅταν ὁ καιρὸς πιραγὲ- η νηται τότε ὥσπερ ἀπὸ νεκρώσεως ἀποδίδονταιὴ ζωθποίησις, → ἕστηκε τὰ δένδρα νῦν ὡς νεκρά. Ποῦ γὰρ τὰ φύλλα τῆς συκῆς; ποῦ οἱ βότρυες τῆς ἀμπέλου; Ἀλλʼ ἐν χειμῶνι ταῦτα νεκρὰ, καὶ ἐν ἔαρι χλοερά· καὶ ὅταν ὁ καιρὸς παραγένηται, τότε ὥσπερ ἀπὸ νεκρώσεως ἀποδίδοται ἡ ζωοποίησις.; ἦν Ῐ τοῖς φαινομένοις → ἐν τοῖς φαινομένοις; κατʼ ἐνιαυτόψῖνα → κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν· ἵνα; λογιγῶν → λογικῶν; καῖ μέλισσαι → καὶ μέλισσαι; μυοξῶν γὲνη, χειμῶνος ἀκίνητα μὲνοντα, ἰν θὲρει → μυοξῶν γένη, χειμῶνος ἀκίνητα μένοντα, ἐν θέρει; ἐξουθενωμὲνοις → ἐξουθενωμένοις; τὰ ὑποδείγματα)’ 6 δὲ → τὰ ὑποδείγματα)· ὁ δὲ; ὑπὲρ φύσιν, 6 αὐτὸς → ὑπὲρ φύσιν, ὁ αὐτὸς; κάκεινα ἐποίησεν, οὐ χαρίζεται ς → κἀκεῖνα ἐποίησεν, οὐ χαρίζεται;.

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.7 (PG 33:1024d–1025a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-7). (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 phoenix, said to rise from its own decay every five hundred years, is offered to the Greeks as a sign of the resurrection.

• The phoenix story is taken from 1 Clem. 25, which Cyril names; it goes back to Herodotus, Hist. 2.73, and was widely repeated in antiquity. Cyril, like his sources, treats it as a fact of natural history. The section breaks off in mid-sentence in the scan; "keep" is supplied in the translation by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR misreading; OCR misreading; the end of the section is lost in the scan; OCR: lost punctuation): ζητουσιν ’Έλληνες → ζητοῦσιν Ἕλληνες; εἴ καὶ ὶγείρεται → εἰ καὶ ἐγείρεται; ζῶν σαπὶν καὶ ἀναστάν. ’ᾘδει → ζῶον σαπὲν καὶ ἀναστάν. Ἤιδει; ἀστοριοῦσι → ἱστοροῦσι; ἰν περιόδοις → ἐν περιόδοις; οὖκ ὲν ἐρήμοις → οὐκ ἐν ἐρήμοις; ἀγνοηβῇ → ἀγνοηθῇ; ἐν φτνερῇ πόλει → ἐν φανερᾷ πόλει; ψηλσφηθῆ → ψηλαφηθῇ; ἔαυτῇ ποιῆσαν → ἑαυτῷ ποιῆσαν; σήπεται Εἶτα → σήπεται. Εἶτα; εἷς ὖρνεον → εἰς ὄρνεον; τούτῳ καὶ γὰρ → τούτῳ· καὶ γὰρ; μορφυμεναʼ → μορφούμενα·; ὁρνὲων → ὀρνέων; iui "etiam, οἶος. ἀπρότερος, φοίνιξ γενόμενοςλ ἀνιπταται τοιοῦτος εἷς ἀέρα οἶοςκαὶ → οἷος ὁ πρότερος φοῖνιξ γενόμενος, ἀνίπταται τοιοῦτος εἰς ἀέρα, οἷος καὶ; lmδείξας → ἐπιδείξας; Θαυμαστδν μὲν ὄρνον 6 φοίνιξ· ἀλλ-ὄρνεον → Θαυμαστὸν μὲν ὄρνεον ὁ φοῖνιξ· ἀλλʼ ὄρνεον; τίς ἐστιν 6 μονογενὴς Υίὸςτοῖι Θεοῦ → τίς ἐστιν ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ; δεδώρηταιʼ ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖς δοξολογοοσι Θεὸν, καὶ τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ → δεδώρηται· ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖς δοξολογοῦσι Θεὸν, καὶ τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ ….

Extrabiblical texts: 1 Clem. 25 (1 Clement; quotation); Herodotus, Hist. 2.73 (Herodotus, Histories; echo)

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.8 (PG 33:1025b–1028a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-8). (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 daily wonder of human generation from weak and shapeless matter shows that God can raise the fallen body.

• The section breaks off in mid-sentence in the scan; the words in brackets are supplied in the translation by sense.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters and digits); OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR garble (digits); OCR misreading; OCR misreading; the end of the section is lost in the scan; OCR: joined words): καὶ ἀπιστοῦσιν ἕτι λαβὲ → καὶ ἀπιστοῦσιν ἔτι, λαβὲ; Πρὲ ἑκατὸν → Πρὸ ἑκατὸν; πάνντες, 07.1211λοῦντες → πάντες, οἱ λαλοῦντες; ποῦ ἦμενς ἄρα → ποῦ ἦμεν; ἆρα; τὴν ὑπόθεσιν ςούκ οἶδας → τὴν ὑπόθεσιν; οὐκ οἶδας; μορφοῦτπι ζῶν ἅνθρωπος-ναξ τὸ ἀσθενὲς σαρκωθὶν → μορφοῦται ζῶν ἄνθρωπος· καὶ τὸ ἀσθενὲς σαρκωθὲν; μετιὗάλλεται → μεταβάλλεται; ui 5iv6¢ ὄσφρησιν → καὶ ῥινὸς ὄσφρησιν; ιιαὶ ποδῶν → καὶ ποδῶν; μελῶν.Καί → μελῶν. Καὶ; οἳκοδόμος, mi ἀρχιτέκτων → οἰκοδόμος, καὶ ἀρχιτέκτων; καί πρατιώτης → καὶ στρατιώτης; καὶβατί- Kséc. → καὶ βασιλεύς.; ἡμᾶςό Θεὸς → ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς; πεσοντας ἐγεῖραι οὐ δύναται ; Ὀτό εὐτελέστατον → πεσόντας ἐγεῖραι οὐ δύναται; Ὁ τὸ εὐτελέστατον; καὶ 6 τὸ μὴ ὃν πλάσας, τὸδν → καὶ ὁ τὸ μὴ ὂν πλάσας, τὸ ὂν ….

Topics: Eschatology

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.9 (PG 33:1028a–1028c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-9). (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 waxing of the moon and its recovery after an eclipse are proofs of the resurrection for those who do not accept Scripture.

• Allusion: Joel 2:31 (the moon turned to blood), here of the reddened moon in a lunar eclipse.

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• Digital text corrected (OCR garble (Latin letters); OCR garble (Latin letters); restored by sense; OCR misreading; OCR misreading and stray mark; OCR: lost punctuation): ἁπό- Βειξιν → ἀπόδειξιν; μαρτυρουμένην Τὸ → μαρτυρουμένην. Τὸ; ἀποκαθίσταται· Υπὲρ δὶ → ἀποκαθίσταται. Ὑπὲρ δὲ; ιιπᾶ περιόδους → κατὰ περιόδους; ἠ σελήνη,καί είς αἷμα ρανερῶς μεταβληθεῖσρ → ἡ σελήνη, καὶ εἰς αἷμα φανερῶς μεταβληθεῖσα; τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτο munificam; ἶνα καὶ σὺ 6 ἄνθρωπος 6 ἐξ → τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτο μηχανησαμένου· ἵνα καὶ σὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἐξ; ὅπερ initi; τελήνης βλέπεις → ὅπερ ἐπὶ σελήνης βλέπεις; πιστεῦσῖιξι Γούτοις μὲν οὖν κὲχρησο → πιστεύσῃς. Τούτοις μὲν οὖν κέχρησο; τοῖς ’ἀρ τὰ ἔγγραφοι μὴ παραδεχομένοις, ἀγράφοις (ὅ) μάχου → τοῖς γὰρ τὰ ἔγγραφα μὴ παραδεχομένοις, ἀγράφοις μάχου; τά Εὗαγγὲλια → τὰ Εὐαγγέλια.

Topics: Eschatology, Scripture and canon

Cite (SBL): Cyril of Jerusalem, Cat. 18.10 (PG 33:1028c–1029a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/cyril-jerusalem-catecheses/17-23/#p-18-10). (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.