Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 81-95

Cyril of Alexandria, the fifth-century theologian whom his contemporaries called the "Pillar of the Faith," brings his formidable intellect to bear on Luke's Gospel in these penetrating sermons. Covering Luke 11:19 through 12:59, he moves through some of the most theologically charged passages in the Gospels: Christ's teaching on exorcism and the unforgivable sin, the sign of Jonah, the warning against seeking worldly security, and the parables of the watchful servants and the faithful steward. Cyril reads these texts with the sustained argumentative intensity that made him the definitive voice of Alexandrian theology. His commentary does not merely explain scripture; it deploys it, weaponizing every verse against the Christological heresies of his age while simultaneously revealing the inner spiritual logic of Christ's parables. For readers seeking to understand how the early church heard the Gospels, or those drawn to theological writing of uncompromising rigor, these sermons offer a window into a mind that shaped Christian doctrine for a millennium.