Festal Letters 1-12

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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 118 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD Thomas P. Halton The Catholic University of America Editorial Director Elizabeth Clark Robert D. Sider Duke University Dickinson College Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. Michael Slusser Fordham University Duquesne University David G. Hunter Cynthia White University of Kentucky The University of Arizona Kathleen McVey Rebecca Lyman Princeton Theological Seminary Church Divinity School of the Pacific David J. McGonagle Director The Catholic University of America Press FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles, Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. Carole Monica C. Burnett Staff Editor ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA FESTAL LETTERS 1–12 Translated by PHiLiP R. AMiDOn, S.J. Creighton University Edited with introduction and notes by JOHn J. O’KEEFE Creighton University THE CATHOLiC UniVERSiTY OF AMERiCA PRESS Washington, D.C. Copyright © 2009 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 ...