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Cyril of Alexandria: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Vol. 1 (chapters 1–8)

Cyril of Alexandria · translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers) · 1874

Cyril's great commentary on John, chapters 1–8, defending the full divinity of the Son and the unity of Christ. Scanned text, not proofread.

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From the opening: Gospel According to John

Inteoduction

THE LORD will give utterance to them ivho evangelize ivith Ps. ixviii. much iDOioer, declareth exceeding well the Psalmist. But I deem that ttey who ought to approach this, are, not mere chance persons, but those who have been illumined with the grace that is from above, seeing that both All wisdom Ecclus. i. IS, from the Lord, as it is written, and Every good gift a,ndj every _S. James perfect gift is from above and comsth down from the Father of lights. For a thing unsure and not unfraught with peril to the many, is the speaking concerning the Essence that is above all, and the Mysteries belonging thereunto, and silence on these subjects is free froni danger. Us nevertheless albeit deeming that we have much need of silence, God Who is over all excludes from this, saying to one of the Saints (this was Paul), SpeaTi and hold not thy peace. And no less Actsxviii. does the ordinance of the Law shew this, indicating things spiritual in the grosser type. For it enjoins those who have been called to the Divine Priesthood, to declare to the people by the sound of trumpets, about those things which Lev.xxiii. they ought to learn. For God, when He willed to set forth in His laws most excellent things, did not I deem intend that the leaders of the people should lay their hand on their mouth, as it ^°^ xl. 4. is written, and, in fear of appearing rashly to attempt things above the mind of man, hold back from the doctrine that is so necessary for those who are being instructed in piety and the knowledge of God, and choose a silence perilous to those who are their disciples. But the Disciple of Christ again terrifies us, sapng Be not many masters, and moreover the .§.- James

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2 Danger of speaMng of sacred things, uncalled.

Intro- most wise Preacher too, darkly shewing the peril that exists

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Eccles. x! Ill the teaching of such things. For, says he, lie that cleaveth LXX. '^vood, shall he endangered therehy; if the iron head fall, both himself hath frouhled his face and he shall strengthen powers. For he likens the keenness of the mind to the iron-head, in that it is of a nature to pierce through, and sinks in to the innermost parts, even though it be resisted by the thickness and close texture of the wood. Wood ag-ain he in a figure calls the thoughts that are in Holy Scripture, which render the Books wherein they are a kind of Spiritual Paradise, and yet more than this,…

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Contents (154 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page
  3. Preface
  4. Preface (continued)
  5. Preface (continued)
  6. Preface (continued)
  7. Preface
  8. Preface
  9. Gospel According to John
  10. Chapters 1–10
  11. Holy Father Cyril
  12. Book I
  13. Book I (continued)
  14. Chapter II
  15. Chapters I–L
  16. Book I (continued)
  17. Book I (continued)
  18. Chapter I
  19. Book I (continued)
  20. Chapters I–I
  21. Chapter VI
  22. Chapter VII
  23. Book I (continued)
  24. Book 1 (continued)
  25. Book I (continued)
  26. Book I (continued)
  27. Chapter IX
  28. Book I (continued)
  29. LXX
  30. Chapter I
  31. Book I (continued)
  32. Book I (continued)
  33. Book I (continued)
  34. Book L (continued)
  35. Chapter 1
  36. Book I (continued)
  37. Book I (continued)
  38. Book I (continued)
  39. Chapters 2–3
  40. Title page of the next book
  41. Book II
  42. Book 3 (continued)
  43. Book 3 (continued)
  44. Book 2 (continued)
  45. Book 3 (continued)
  46. Book 2 (continued)
  47. Book 2 (continued)
  48. Chapter 11
  49. Book 2 (continued)
  50. Book 2 (continued)
  51. Chapter II
  52. Chapter III
  53. Chapter IV
  54. Chap
  55. Book 2 (continued)
  56. Book 2
  57. Book 2 (continued)
  58. Book 2 (continued)
  59. Book 2 (continued)
  60. Book 2 (continued)
  61. Book 2 (continued)
  62. Book 2 (continued)
  63. Book 2 (continued)
  64. Chapter VI
  65. Book 2 (continued)
  66. Chapters VII–VIII
  67. Book 2 (continued)
  68. Book 2 (continued)
  69. Book 2 (continued)
  70. Chapter IX
  71. Book 2 (continued)
  72. End of the book
  73. Chapters 1–3
  74. Title page of the next book
  75. Book III
  76. Book 3
  77. Book 3 (continued)
  78. Book 3 (continued)
  79. Book 3 (continued)
  80. Book 3 (continued)
  81. Book 3 (continued)
  82. Book 3
  83. Book 3 (continued)
  84. Book 3
  85. Book 3 (continued)
  86. Book 3 (continued)
  87. Book 3 (continued)
  88. CHAPTER y
  89. XXX
  90. Chapter VI
  91. Book 3 (continued)
  92. Book 3 (continued)
  93. Chapters in the Fourth Book
  94. Title page of the next book
  95. Chapter I
  96. Book 4 (continued)
  97. Book 4 (continued)
  98. Book 4 (continued)
  99. Book 4 (continued)
  100. Book 4 (continued)
  101. Book 4 (continued)
  102. Book 4 (continued)
  103. Book 4 (continued)
  104. Chapter III
  105. Book 4 (continued)
  106. Chapter IV
  107. Book 4 (continued)
  108. Book 4 (continued)
  109. Book 4 (continued)
  110. Book 4 (continued)
  111. Book 4 (continued)
  112. Book 4 (continued)
  113. Book 4 (continued)
  114. Book 4 (continued)
  115. Book 4 (continued)
  116. Chapters in Book V
  117. Title page of the next book
  118. Book V
  119. Book V (continued)
  120. Chapter I
  121. Book 5 (continued)
  122. Book 5 (continued)
  123. Book 5 (continued)
  124. Book 5 (continued)
  125. Book 5 (continued)
  126. Book 5 (continued)
  127. Book 5 (continued)
  128. Book 5 (continued)
  129. Book 5 (continued)
  130. Book 5
  131. Chapter III
  132. Book 5 (continued)
  133. Book 5 (continued)
  134. Book 5 (continued)
  135. Book 5 (continued)
  136. Book 5 (continued)
  137. Book 5 (continued)
  138. Chapter V
  139. Book 5 (continued)
  140. Book 5 (continued)
  141. Book 5 (continued)
  142. Book 5 (continued)
  143. Book 5 (continued)
  144. Book 5 (continued)
  145. Book 5 (continued)
  146. Chapters in Book VI
  147. Title page of the next book
  148. Book VI
  149. Book 6 (continued)
  150. Book 6 (continued)
  151. Book 6 (continued)
  152. Book 6 (continued)
  153. Book 6 (continued)
  154. Chapter IX — And passing by He saw a man blind from his birth

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Chicago
Cyril of Alexandria. Cyril of Alexandria: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Vol. 1 (chapters 1–8). Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers). Library of the Fathers, Commentary on the Gospel according to S. John, vol. 1, 1874. https://archive.org/details/commentaryongosp01cyri
MLA
Cyril of Alexandria. Cyril of Alexandria: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Vol. 1 (chapters 1–8). Translated by Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Library of the Fathers, Commentary on the Gospel according to S. John, vol. 1, 1874. https://archive.org/details/commentaryongosp01cyri
APA
Cyril of Alexandria (1874). Cyril of Alexandria: Commentary on the Gospel of John, Vol. 1 (chapters 1–8) (Members of the English Church (Library of the Fathers), Trans.). Library of the Fathers, Commentary on the Gospel according to S. John, vol. 1. https://archive.org/details/commentaryongosp01cyri

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