THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 127 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD David G. Hunter University of Kentucky Editorial Director Andrew Cain Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. University of Colorado Fordham University Brian Daley, S.J. Rebecca Lyman University of Notre Dame Church Divinity School of the Pacific Susan Ashbrook Harvey Wendy Mayer Brown University Australian Catholic University William E. Klingshirn Robert D. Sider The Catholic University of America Dickinson College Trevor Lipscombe Director The Catholic University of America Press FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles, Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M., Thomas P. Halton Carole Monica C. Burnett Staff Editor ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA FESTAL LETTERS 13–30 Translated by PHILIP R. AMIDON, S.J. Creighton University Edited with notes by JOHN J. O’KEEFE Creighton University THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS Washington, D.C. Copyright © 2013 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standards for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI z39.48-1984. ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, ca. 370–444. [Correspondence. English. Selections] Festal letters 1–12 / St. Cyril of Alexandria ; translated by Philip R. Amidon ; introduction and notes by John J. O’Keefe. p. cm. — (The Fathers of the church : a new translation ; v. 118) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-0-8132-0118-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Cyril, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, ca. 370–444—Correspondence. 2. Christian saints—Egypt—Alexandria—Correspondence. 3. Christian life—Early works to 1800. 4. Theology, Doctrinal— Early works to 1800. I. Title. II. Series. BR65.C952E5 2008 270.2092—dc22 2008029287 Festal letters 13–30; ISBN 978-0-8132-2184-7 CONTENTS Abbreviations and Notes to Reader vii Select Bibliography ix FESTAL LETTERS 13–30 Festal Letter Thirteen 3 Festal Letter Fourteen 15 Festal Letter Fifteen 29 Festal Letter Sixteen 43 Festal Letter Seventeen 58 Festal Letter Eighteen 74 Festal Letter Nineteen 88 Festal Letter Twenty 100 Festal Letter Twenty-One 109 Festal Letter Twenty-Two 115 Festal Letter Twenty-Three 126 Festal Letter Twenty-Four 135 Festal Letter Twenty-Five 146 Festal Letter Twenty-Six 154 Festal Letter Twenty-Seven 166 Festal Letter Twenty-Eight 176 Festal Letter Twenty-Nine 187 Festal Letter Thirty 196 APPENDIX AND INDICES Appendix: Dates of Easter 209 General Index 211 Index of Holy Scripture 215 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Primary Sources Amidon, Philip R., SJ, and John J. O’Keefe, ed. and trans. St. Cyril of Alex- andria: Festal Letters 1–12. Fathers of the Church 118. 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