The Church Fathers · c. 348–350
Catechetical Lectures
Cyril of Jerusalem · c. 313–386
What it is
Lectures delivered to candidates for baptism through Lent, then five more given in Easter week explaining the rites they had just been through for the first time.
Why it lasted
The fullest surviving record of how the ancient church made Christians, and the primary source for the liturgy of fourth-century Jerusalem.
Where to read it
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