Cyril of Jerusalem
4th century · AD 386 · Eastern & Byzantine · 315 passages
Background on Cyril of Jerusalem
In his own words on 2 Peter
- 2 Peter 1:4
When Christ's body and blood become the tissue of our members, we become Christ-bearers and "partakers of the divine nature," as the blessed Peter said.
MYSTAGOGICAL LECTURES 4.3
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