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June 27
Optional Memoria
…God the Word through Whom are all things, desiring to save that which was lost; by co-abasement unto us, lowered Himself to what He was not, in order that the nature of man too might become what it was not, eminent in the Dignities of the Divine Supremacy by union with Him, and should be rather brought up to what was above nature, than bring down unto what was alien from His Nature, the Unchangeable, as God.”[1]
St. Cyril was born in 376 A.D. in northern Egypt. He was nephew to Theophilus, Archbishop of Alexandria. St. Cyril received a strong education in theology and culture, becoming a respected man of God under the mentorship of his uncle. In 412, St. Cyril succeeded his uncle as Archbishop. In 431, he convened the Council of Ephesus which vindicated Mary’s title as Mother of God. A prolific author, he wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Isaiah, and the Gospels of John and Luke. St Cyril of Alexandria was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1882 by Pope Leo XIII.[2][3]
Written by Sarah Ciotti
Reviewed by Fr. Hugh Feiss, OSB, STD
[1] Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten, translated by P.E. Pusey, www.tertullian.org.
[2] Catholicpedia: The Original Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. s.v. “St. Cyril of Alexandria.”
[3] His Holiness Benedict XVI, “General Audience” October 3, 2007.
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