TY - BOOK ID - 15924576 TI - Living in the light of Christ : mystagogy in Cyril of Alexandria's festal letters AU - van Loon, Hans AU - Peeters PY - 2017 VL - 15 4 SN - 9789042934245 9042934247 PB - Leuven Paris Bristol, CT Peeters DB - UniCat KW - Christian saints KW - Christian life KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Saints KW - Canonization KW - Cyril, KW - Cirillo, KW - Cyrille, KW - Cyrillus, KW - Kiwregh, KW - Kyrillos, KW - 276 =75 CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS KW - 276 =75 CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS Griekse patrologie--CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS KW - 276 =75 CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS Patrologie grecque--CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS KW - Griekse patrologie--CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS KW - Patrologie grecque--CYRILLUS ALEXANDRINUS KW - Correspondence KW - Cirilo, KW - Kirill, KW - Kyrill, KW - Κύριλλος, KW - Кирилл, KW - Iskandarī, Kīrullus, KW - ‏إسكندري، كيرلس KW - Christian saints - Egypt - Alexandria - Correspondence KW - Christian life - Early works to 1800 KW - Theology, Doctrinal - Early works to 1800 KW - Cyril, - Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, - approximately 370-444 - Correspondence KW - Cyril, - Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, - approximately 370-444 UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15924576 AB - While the original goal of the 'festal letters', written by the archbishops of Alexandria, was to announce the dates of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, they developed into treatises with pastoral purposes, to be read out in the parishes and monasteries throughout Egypt and Libya. In this book, Hans van Loon studies the mystagogy of Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378-444) as it can be descerned in his twenty-nine extant festal letters. After an introduction, which deals with the historical background of the festal letters and gives an overview of their contents, various aspects of Cyril's mystagogy are discussed in detail: the centrality of the mystery of Christ; the role of the sacraments; the archbishop's typological interpretation of the Old Testament, and his attitude towards Judaism; how he encourages the faithful to fast and to pray, and to live virtuous lives; and finally, how he envisages our relationship with God. ER -