--- rose maria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:19:34 +0000 (GMT) > From: rose maria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: TODAY`S SAINT....ST.CYRIL OF JERUSALEM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 18TH MARCH 2003 > ST.CYRIL OF JERUSALEM > LIFE > Cyril was born in Jerusalem around 315, > and became bishop of that city in about 349. The > years between the Council of Nicea (325) and the > Council of Constantinople (381) were troubled years, > in which the Church, having committed itself at > Nicea, over the strenuous protests of the Arians, to > the proposition that the Son is "one in being" > (homo-ousios) with the Father, began to backtrack > and consider whether there was some other formula > that would adequately express the Lordship of Christ > but not be "divisive." Experience with other ways of > stating what Christians believed about the Son and > his relation to the Father finally led the Church to > conclude that the Nicene formulation was the only > way of safeguarding the doctrine that Thomas spoke > truly (John 20:28) when he said to Jesus, "My Lord > and My God!" But this was not obvious from the > beginning, and Cyril was among those who looked for > a way of expressing the doctrine that would be > acceptable to all parties. As a result, he was > exiled from his bishopric three times, for a total > of sixteen years, once by the Athanasians and twice > by the Arians. He eventually came to the conclusion, > as did most other Christians of the time, that there > was no alternative to the Nicene formula, and in 381 > he attended the Council of Constantinople and voted > for that position. > Cyril is author of the Catecheses, or Catechetical > Lectures on the Christian Faith. These consist of an > introductory lecture, then eighteen lectures on the > Christian Faith to be delivered during Lent to those > about to be baptized at Easter, and then five > lectures on the Sacraments to be delivered after > Easter to the newly baptized. These have been > translated into English (F L Cross, 1951), and are > the oldest such lectures surviving. (It is thought > that they were used over and over by Cyril and his > successors, and that they may have undergone some > revision in the process.) > Every year, thousands of Christian pilgrims came to > Jerusalem, especially for Holy Week. It is probably > Cyril who instituted the liturgical forms for that > week as they were observed in Jerusalem at the > pilgrimage sites, were spread to other churches by > returning pilgrims, and have come down to us today, > with the procession with palms on Palm Sunday, and > the services for the following days, culminating in > the celebration of the Resurrection on Easter > Sunday. We have a detailed account of Holy Week > observances in Jerusalem in the fourth century, > thanks to a a Spanish nun named Egeria who made a > pilgrimage to Jerusalem and kept a journal which is > a historian's delight > > Saint Cyril: Catechetical Lectures, 350AD > > --------------------------------- > > It is not only among us, who are marked with the > name of Christ, that the dignity of faith is great; > all the business of the world, even of those outside > the Church, is accomplished by faith. By faith, > marriage laws join in union persons who were > strangers to one another. By faith, agriculture is > sustained; for a man does not endure the toil > involved unless he believes he will reap a harvest. > By faith, seafaring men, entrusting themselves to a > tiny wooden craft, exchange the solid element of the > land for the unstable motion of the waves. Not only > among us does this hold true but also, as I have > said, among those outside the fold. For though they > do not accept the Scriptures but advance certain > doctrines of their own, yet even these they receive > on faith. > > COMMENT: > > Those who imagine that the lives of saints are > simple and placid, untouched by the vulgar breath of > controversy, are rudely shocked by history. Yet it > should be no surprise that saints, indeed all > Christians, will experience the same difficulties as > their Master. The definition of truth is an endless, > complex pursuit, and good men and women have > suffered the pain of both controversy and error. > Intellectual, emotional and political roadblocks may > slow up people like Cyril for a time. But their > lives taken as a whole are monuments to honesty and > courage. > > > we adore Thee O Christ and we bless > Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s > redeemed the world....!!!!! > S.THOMAS > NOTTINGHAM > ENGLAND > > > > --------------------------------- > With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- > choose a size that fits your needs >
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