Cyril of Jerusalem

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Saint Cyril of Jerusalem , also Cyrill (* 313 probably in Jerusalem or the surrounding area, † March 18, 386 in Jerusalem) is a Church Father of Orthodoxy and a Doctor of the Catholic Church .

Life

As the son of Christian parents, according to Jerome , Cyril was ordained a priest by Saint Makarios I , his predecessor in the episcopal ministry, and enjoyed a high reputation as a preacher and speaker in Jerusalem, which is why he was appointed Patriarch of Jerusalem in 350 after the death of Makarios . He was involved in the hard disputes between the orthodox old church and Arianism . Bishop Akakios of Caesarea Maritima accused him, apparently because of a question of rank which had not been clarified at the Council of Nicea, of the illicit sale of church goods in order to support the faithful, so that he spent 16 years in exile.

Cyril is the Bishop of Jerusalem, whose work as liturgist and preacher Egeria describes in her travelogue.

Works

We have received 24 catecheses - lectures for the Christian teaching of baptismal candidates - from his pen. His main theme is the Creed, the content of which he goes into in detail. The descriptions and theological interpretations of baptism in these mystagogical catechesis are invaluable . His definition of the “Catholic” of the church was theologically formative and widely quoted:

“The church is called Catholic because it is spread over the whole world, from one end to the other, because it teaches generally and without ceasing all that which man is about the visible and the invisible, the heavenly and the earthly [p . 352], because it leads the whole human race, rulers and subjects, educated and uneducated, to worship, because in general it treats and heals every kind of sins that are committed with the soul and the body, finally because they are in themselves every kind of virtue there is, whether it is manifested in works or words or in any gifts of grace. "

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  1. ↑ Adalbert Hamman: The Church Fathers - A Small Introduction to Life and Work , Herder Library Volume 268, Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 1967, p. 83.
  2. ↑ Cyril of Jerusalem: Catechesis to the baptized . 18. Catechesis, paragraph 23. In: The catecheses of St. Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem . Translated from the Greek and provided with an introduction by Philipp Haeuser . (= [ [Library of the Church Fathers]] , 1st row, vol. 41). Kösel, Kempten 1922, pp. 351f.
predecessor Office successor
Herakleios Patriarch of Jerusalem
351–386 		John II
personal data
SURNAME Cyril of Jerusalem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cyril of Jerusalem; Cyril of Jerusalem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Father of the Orthodox Church and Doctor of the Church
DATE OF BIRTH 313
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: near Jerusalem
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 386
Place of death Jerusalem