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Cyril’s life of some seventy years, placed in the very center of the fourth century, epitomizes much that was characteristic of the period and the locale. Bishop of Jerusalem for nearly forty 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...

(8) Next, when the spiritual sacrifice, the bloodless worship, has been completed,27 over that sacrifice of propitiation we beseech God28 for the public peace of the Churches, for the good estate of the world, for the Emperors,29 for the armed forces and our allies,30 for those in sickness, for the distressed: for all, in a word, who need help, we all pray and offer this sacrifice. (9) Then we commemorate also those who have fallen asleep:31 first of all, the patriarchs, prophets,
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