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Commentary on the Gospel of Luke

SaintsSt. Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on the Gospel of Luke
Commentary on the Gospel of LukeSt. Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of Luke

The surviving sermons, translated from the Syriac

By St. Cyril of Alexandria

23 h 30 min · Age of the Councils · Alexandria and Egypt

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Cyril's homiletic reading of Luke, preserved chiefly in Syriac. One hundred and thirty-eight sermons carrying the Gospel from the Virgin's consent to the road to Emmaus, and the only patristic commentary this library holds on Luke.

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Source: St. Cyril of Alexandria, A Commentary upon the Gospel according to S. Luke, now first translated into English from an ancient Syriac version by R. Payne Smith, M.A. Oxford, at the University Press, 1859. Public domain.