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Catechetical Lectures

Provides doctrinal instruction and sacramental mystagogy for catechumens preparing for baptism and Eucharistic life.

Cyril of Jerusalemc. AD 3504th century

Overview

Category
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Genre
Catechesis
Tradition
Eastern
Region
Eastern Mediterranean
Original language
Greek
Date certainty
Approximate

Historical context

Manuscript context

Catechetical Lectures circulated in Eastern Mediterranean and is received through Greek manuscript and translation traditions associated with Cyril of Jerusalem.

Themes

Trinitarian TheologyChristologySpiritual FormationSacramental Theology

Controversies

  • Christological debates
  • Sacramental discipline disagreements

Source links

  • English translation

    www.newadvent.org · Source quality: Primary · Last checked: 2026-02-28

  • Archive mirror

    web.archive.org · Source quality: Archive · Last checked: 2026-02-28

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Catechetical Lectures

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