Cyril of Jerusalem
Introduction
We are concerned with special prayers: for in reading the
blessed words of St. Cyril (313-386), we were immediately confronted by the
attacks of Satan, seeking to take away from us, that which St. Cyril had just
taught us; we, thus, became intensely aware of the heat of the spiritual battle
which engages us all. In such a light,
St. Cyril exhorts us to cross ourselves at every occasion and pray: for we are
confronted by adversaries on every side.
This, the spiritual battle, the attacks of Satan, we believe to be the
principal reason that St. Cyril is not better known, nor more widely read in churches
by Christians: for if St. Cyril were read, we would immediately see our need of
greater repentance, we would shamefacedly perceive how far we have fallen from
our baptisms. This has certainly been my
experience.
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