Lectures on the Christian Sacraments
Subtitle: The Procatechesis and the Five Mystagogical Catecheses Ascribed to St Cyril of Jerusalem
By: edited by F.L. Cross.
Contributors: Cross, F. L. 1900-1968.
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Crestwood, N.Y
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Sacraments -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Lectures on the Christian sacraments.
First sentence: Greek original and English translation by Maxwell E. Johnson

Replaces Popular Patristics Series Volume 2

These six lectures on the Christian sacraments were delivered in Jerusalem in the fourth century. This was a time of rapid transition for the Church. Until AD 313, Christianity had been an illegal & persecuted religion, but under Constantine & his successors it became the favored religion of the state. Potential converts thronged the shining new basilicas, built through the beneficence of the emperors. Catechetical instruction was needed. And it was provided by gifted preachers & teachers like St Cyril of Jerusalem.

The first of these lectures, the Procatechesis, is a hearty welcome to the candidates for baptism and introduces them to the periods of doctrinal instruction that lie ahead. The remaining five, the Mystagogical Catecheses, are an exposition of the rites of Christian initiation—baptism, chrismation, & the Eucharist—for the newly baptized. A rich source on the history and worship of the fourth century, these lectures remain instructive & inspirational. This volume—featuring the Greek text and a new English translation by Maxwell E. Johnson, a prominent scholar of the early liturgy—will become the standard text for years to come.
Description: Greek original and English translation by Maxwell E. Johnson

Replaces Popular Patristics Series Volume 2

These six lectures on the Christian sacraments were delivered in Jerusalem in the fourth century. This was a time of rapid transition for the Church. Until AD 313, Christianity had been an illegal & persecuted religion, but under Constantine & his successors it became the favored religion of the state. Potential converts thronged the shining new basilicas, built through the beneficence of the emperors. Catechetical instruction was needed. And it was provided by gifted preachers & teachers like St Cyril of Jerusalem.

The first of these lectures, the Procatechesis, is a hearty welcome to the candidates for baptism and introduces them to the periods of doctrinal instruction that lie ahead. The remaining five, the Mystagogical Catecheses, are an exposition of the rites of Christian initiation—baptism, chrismation, & the Eucharist—for the newly baptized. A rich source on the history and worship of the fourth century, these lectures remain instructive & inspirational. This volume—featuring the Greek text and a new English translation by Maxwell E. Johnson, a prominent scholar of the early liturgy—will become the standard text for years to come.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xxxix-xli.
Lectures in English and Greek.
Reprint. Originally published: Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1951.
Includes index.