Cyril bishop of jerusalem preached his important and eloquent sermons at a time when the city was the focus of vital developments in the church a spectacular new liturgy was evolving in the basilica built by the emperor constantine yet the city was also the centre of fierce struggles inside the church as the successors to arius strove to impose their heterodox teachings and neighbouring caesarea fought to maintain its primacy this illuminating study begins with a comprehensive . Zum hauptinhalt wechselnde hallo anmelden. Cyril was bishop in jerusalem from c350 351 ad until 386 ad his writings are an important source for the history of early christian doctrine this book provides full english translations with explanatory commentary of his most important works the introduction covers cyrils life his historical and archaeological context his theology and contemporary doctrine and practice this will be . Cyril of jerusalem greek u kyrillos a ierosolymon latin cyrillus hierosolymitanus was a theologian of the early church c 313 386 ad about the end of 350 ad he succeeded maximus as bishop of jerusalem but was exiled on more than one occasion due to the enmity of acacius of caesarea and the policies of various emperors