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St. Cyril’s life of some 70 years, placed in the very center of the fourth century, epitomizes much that was characteristic of both Jerusalem and the century. Bishop of Jerusalem for nearly 40 years, he experienced three expulsions from his see, these due as much to politico-ecclesiastical rivalry as to his participation in the contemporary theological controversies, in which Cyril played an...

hand: while he holds the live coal, he is certainly on fire; but were he to put it away, he would also rid himself of that which was burning him. And if any think that while sinning, he is not on fire, to him saith the Scripture,* Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? For sin burns the sinews of the soul. 2. (2.) But some one will say, What can sin be? Is it a living thing—an angel—an evil spirit? What is this which works in us? It is no foe from without, O man, wrestling
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