By Juliette Day
Was once Jerusalem, less than her bishop Cyril, the resource of liturgical concepts within the 4th century or used to be she easily following tendencies which additionally affected the liturgy of neighbouring provinces? In assessing those demonstrated propositions on the subject of baptism, Juliette Day undertakes a cautious comparative research of the entire correct assets for Palestine, Egypt and Syria, taking note of the constitution, content material and theological narrative of the rites which they describe. The Mystagogical Catecheses, in most cases attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem, are the most important resource during this dialogue and this ebook demonstrates that they date from the episcopate of his successor John.
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D. Porph. Porph. If one wishes to take Grégoire and Kugner’s view that the liturgical information is consistent with an early fifth-century date, then it should share characteristics with, for example, the Jerusalem rites. If authenticity is accepted, then with an early date for MC (380s), we might expect Porphyrius to have assisted at the liturgy described therein; but, if we place MC in the early fifth century, the liturgy Porphyrius took with him to Gaza might well have been its predecessor.
His edition contained only homilies 2, 3 and 4 of the four in the manuscript. Auguste Piédagnel (Jean Chrysostome: Trois Catéchèses Baptismales. SChr 388. Paris, 1988) also chose to include only three of the four homilies in his edition, but this time choosing 1, 2 and 3. References will be to Piédagnel’s edition. 12 Antione Wenger, Jean Chrysostome: Huit Catéchèses Baptismales (SChr 50bis. Paris, 1970). 13 PG 49, 223–240. 14 The P-K series contains four lectures: 1, 2 and 3 delivered before baptism and the fourth delivered after baptism on Holy Saturday.
725. cf Cat. 3. , p. 728. 50 In Cats, baptism in effective because of Christ’s baptism in the Jordan and because of the epiklesis over the font, whereas in MC, it is effective because Christ rose from the dead. 51 Again in Cats, Christ by his incarnation participates in humanity, but in MC, we through baptism participate in the divine life through imitation of Christ’s passion. 52 Camelot, ‘Note sur la Théologie Baptismale’, p. 729. 53 Yarnold, ‘Authorship’: 150. : 150–1. 55 Doval’s premise is that Cyril did indeed compose MC, and his presentation of the evidence begins with more traditional methods of theological and textual analysis.