and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, &c. Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.... Now there are diversities of gifts, but the Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, &c. [On Monday in Easter Week.] LECTURE XX. (ON THE MYSTERIES. II.) Page 263. ON THE RITE OF BAPTISM. Romans vi. 3-14. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? &c. ...for ye are not under the law, but under grace. [On Tuesday in Easter Week.] LECTURE XXI. (ON THE MYSTERIES. III.) Page 267. ON THE HOLY CHRISM. 1 John ii. 20-28. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, &c. . . . . .. that, .... when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. [On Wednesday in Easter Week.] I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, &c. [On Thursday in Easter Week.] LECTURE XXIII. (ON THE MYSTERIES. V.) Page 273. ON THE COMMUNION SERVICE. 1 Peter ii. 1. Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil speakings, &c. [On Friday in Easter Week.] CREED OF THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM, [Collected from St. Cyril's Lectures.] We believe in One God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible, and invisible : And in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God; begotten of the Father Very God, before all worlds; by whom all things were made; who came in the flesh, and was made man of the Virgin and the Holy Ghost; He was crucified and buried; He rose again the third day; and ascended into heaven, and sat on the right hand of the Father; and He cometh in glory to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end: And in One Holy Ghost, the Comforter, who spake in the Prophets and in one Baptism of repentance for the remission of sins and in one Holy Catholic Church: and in the Resurrection of the dead: and in the Life everlasting. |