Pseudo-Cyril

Pseudo-Cyril is a designation used by scholars for the unknown authors whose works are, deliberately or accidentally, misattributed to Cyril of Jerusalem or Cyril of Alexandria. Such works include:

  • Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem
    • On the Life and the Passion of Christ (Coptic)
    • Homily on the Resurrection and the Passion (Coptic and Ethiopic)[1]
    • Homily on the Virgin Mary and Her Birth (Coptic), which makes reference to the Gospel of the Hebrews
    • Homily on the Life of the Virgin (Coptic and Arabic)[2]
    • Miracles of Mary in Bartos (Coptic and Arabic)[3]
    • Homily on the Entry of the Virgin into the Temple[2]
    • Homily on the Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (Arabic)[4]
    • Homily on the Assumption of the Virgin (Ethiopic and Arabic)[5]
    • Homily on the Honor of the Virgin (Coptic)[6]
    • Encomium on Mary Magdalene (Coptic)[7]
  • Pseudo-Cyril of Alexandria
    • Homily on the Dormition of the Virgin (Arabic)[8]
    • Homily on the Assumption of the Virgin (Arabic)[9]
    • De exitu animi (Greek)[10]
    • De Sacrosancta Trinitate (Greek), actually by Joseph the Philosopher[11]

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