Cyril of Jerusalem

Cyril on Ten Points of Doctrine

April 25, 2015 By EO Leave a Comment

Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386) Colossians 2:8-9 LEB Beware lest anyone take you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ, (9) because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily I. Of God First then let […]

Cyril on Atonement

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Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386) “We were enemies of God by means of Sin; and God ordained that the sinner should die. Of two things, then, one must needs have happened; either that God should adhere to His word, and destroy all men, or that by giving scope to His benignity He should […]

Cyril on Substitutionary Atonement

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Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386) on Isaiah 53:1,7 Isa 53:1-7 O Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? (2) We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor […]

“No doctrine concerning the divine and saving mysteries of the faith, however trivial, may be taught without the backing of the holy Scriptures. We must not let ourselves be drawn aside by mere persuasion and cleverness of speech. Do not even give absolute belief to me, the one who tells you these things, unless you receive proof from the divine Scriptures of what I teach. For the faith that brings us salvation acquires its force, not from fallible reasonings, but from what can be proved out of the holy Scriptures.” Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313-386)