Catechesis:St Cyril of Jerusalem’s catechetical lectures 01: Protocatechesis/1st Lecture 2023-06-25

Catechesis, based on St Cyril of Jerusalem’s catechetical lectures 01: Protocatechesis & first Lecture 2023-06-25

Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/catechism/catechism_2023-06-25+cyril-jerusalem-homilies-01.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/m5W_3kTxZyY

TIMESTAMPS:
1:30 PROCATECHESIS, OR, PROLOGUE TO THE CATECHETICAL LECTURES OF OUR HOLY FATHER, CYRIL, ARCHBISHOP OF JERUSALEM
1:42 – 7:29 St Cyril: “We may not receive Baptism twice or thrice; else it might be said, Though I have failed once, I shall set it right a second time: whereas if thou fail once, the thing cannot be set right; for there is one Lord, and one faith, and one baptism428: for only the heretics are re-baptized, because the former was no baptism.“ (para 7)
7:35 – 9:26 What about Orthodox churches that do not do baptism properly?
9:26 About ancient and modern practice of chrismation.
11:30 – 18:15 a modern heresy regarding reception by chrismation.
15:24 – 18:15 Often a correction to something wrong becomes an over-correction and has errors in its own right.
18:15 – 20:58 Why do we have exorcisms of catechumens?
20:58 – 23:40 “When, therefore, the Lecture is delivered, if a Catechumen ask thee what the teachers have said, tell nothing to him that is without. For we deliver to thee a mystery, and a hope of the life to come. Guard the mystery for Him who gives the reward…” Para 12
23:46 – 28:01 “Great is the Baptism that lies before you: a ransom to captives; a remission of offences; a death of sin; a new-birth of the soul; a garment of light; a holy indissoluble seal; ..." Para 16
28:01 “FIRST CATECHETICAL LECTURE Of Our Holy Father Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem, To those who are to be Enlightened, delivered extempore at Jerusalem, as an Introductory Lecture to those who had come forward for Baptism”
28:36 “Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
(17) learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.” Isaiah 1:16-17
41:16 – 42:11 Christianity without morality is false Christianity.
42:11 – 46:24 Ephesians 4:17-32
45:35 – 46:24 A friendly suggestion: copy out scripture that resonates with you and read it daily.
46:24 Colossians 3:1-17
48:27 - 50:08 Covetousness is idolatry! 30% of the 10 commandments forbids idolatry! “Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth … covetousness, which is idolatry” Colossians 4:5
51:07 – 53:50 Something that has always bothered me about much “Orthodox” catechesis
53:50 – 54:39 No commandment is “external”.
54:52- 58:11 6. If thou hast aught against any man, forgive it: thou comest here to receive forgiveness of sins, and thou also must forgive him that hath sinned against thee. Else with what face wilt thou say to the Lord, Forgive me my many sins, if thou hast not thyself forgiven thy fellow-servant even his little sins. Attend diligently the Church assemblies; not only now when diligent attendance is required of thee by the Clergy, but also after thou hast received the grace. For if, before thou hast received it, the practice is good, is it not also good after the bestowal? If before thou be grafted in, it is a safe course to be watered and tended, is it not far better after the planting? Wrestle for thine own soul, especially in such days as these. Nourish thy soul with sacred readings; for the Lord hath prepared for thee a spiritual table; therefore say thou also after the Psalmist, The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall lack nothing: in a place of grass, there hath He made me rest; He hath fed me beside the waters of comfort, He hath converted my soul:—that Angels also may share your joy, and Christ Himself the great High Priest, having accepted your resolve, may present you all to the Father, saying, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given Me. May He keep you all well-pleasing in His sight! To whom be the glory, and the power unto the endless ages of eternity. Amen.