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by Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Introduction by St. Cyril

by Saint Cyril of Alexandria
In the Beginning was the Word...

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And the Word was with God.

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And the Word was God

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This Was, in the beginning with God.

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All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made.

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That which was made, in it was Life.

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"And the Life was the light of men" to "He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light"

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That was the true Light.

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"Which lighteth every man that cometh into the world" to "And grace for grace, for the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

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"No man hath seen God at any time; the Only-Begotten God, Which is in the Bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him" to "I baptize with water"

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"The next day he seeth Jesus coming to him" to "He must increase, but I must decrease"

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"He That cometh from above is above all" to "And no man receiveth His testimony"

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"He that hath received His testimony hath set to His seal that God is true" to "For He giveth not the Spirit by measure"

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"The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His Hand" to "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming, when neither in Jerusalem nor in this mountain, shall ye worship the Father"

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"Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews" to "For this therefore did the Jews seek the more to kill Him, because He was not only breaking the sabbath, but saying also that God was His Father,...

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"Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himaelf, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these doeth also the Son likewise" to "For as the Father...

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For neither doth the Father judge any man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son

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"That all should honour the Son even as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father Which sent Him" to "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His...

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"I can of Mine Own Self do nothing: as I hear, I judge, and My Judgment is just, because I seek not Mine Own Will, but the Will of the Father Which sent Me" to "But I receive not testimony from man, but these things I say, that ye might...

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"He was the lamp burning and shining; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light" to "But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the very works that I do, bear...

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"Ye have neither heard His Voice at any time nor seen His Form and ye have not His Word abiding in you, for Whom He hath sent, Him ye believe not" to "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for of Me he wrote"

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Verses from Deuteronomy concerning Christ, as well as "But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My Words"

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"And after these things Jesus departed across the sea of Tiberias" to "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which endureth unto everlasting life"

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"Which the Son of Man shall give unto you: for Him the Father sealed, God" to "They said therefore unto Him, What sign doest THOU then, that we may see and believe Thee? What dost Thou work? Our fathers ate the manna in the desert, as it...

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"Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, not Moses hath given you the Bread from Heaven" to "and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out"

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"Because I have come down from heaven, not to do Mine Own Will but the Will of the Father That sent Me. And this is the Will of Him which sent Me, that of all which He hath given life I should lose none of it, but should raise it up at the last...

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"I am the Bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died: This �s the Bread Which came down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die" to "He that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood dwelleth in...

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"As the Living Father sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, he too shall live by Me" to "Jesus therefore said unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?"

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"Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast the words of eternal life" to "Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you twelve, and one of you La a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon, for he it was...

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"And after these things Jesus used to walk in Galilee, for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him" to "Therefore hath Moses given you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and ye on...

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"If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision that the law of Moses should not be broken, are ye angry at Me, because I made a whole man well on the sabbath day" to "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous...

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A dissertation on circumcision.

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This has been labelled as prologue since it is not an introduction and Saint Cyril has not titled it as Chapter One (which follows after it). "Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said Is not This He whom they seek to kill?" to "Whom ye...

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"The Jews therefore were seeking to take Him: and no man laid a hand on Him, because His hour was not yet come" to "He that believeth in Me, as the Scripture said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water"

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"But this He said of the Spirit Which they that believe on Him should receive, for the Holy Ghost was not yet, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." to "Jesus answered, Neither Me do ye know nor My Father, if ye had known Me, ye...

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"These words spake He in the Treasury as He taught in the Temple, and no man laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come" to "And He said unto them, YE are from beneath, I am from above"

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"Ye are of this world, I am not of this world" to "When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I am"

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"And of Myself I do nothing, but as the Father taught Me, I speak these words" to "Why do ye not understand My speech? Because ye cannot hear My word"

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"Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him" to "And passing by He saw a man blind from his birth"

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Today we commemorate and celebrate the gathering of the 200 righteous Bishops at Ephesus, in the year 431. This document below was one of the key documents of the Council, is considered ecumenical, and is one that was partially responsible for the...