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Cyril of Alexandria

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noun

  1. Saint. ?375–444 ad , Christian theologian and patriarch of Alexandria. Feast day: June 27 or June 9

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For "those things" says St. Cyril of Alexandria "are generally derided, which are not understood" adv.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael

The form with φ was doubtless read in the Apostolic Constitutions, and twice in Cyril of Alexandria, and that word is supported as well by 2 Macc. vii.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Cyril of Alexandria also taught the same; cf.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

Cyril of Alexandria, 373, 494, 504; anathematisms against Nestorius, 505-507, 510, 520, note.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

There is, indeed, one word used in a quotation from Cyril of Alexandria, and adopted in these transactions, which requires a few words of especial observation.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Tyler, James Endell