The Catechetical Lectures Of St. Cyril, Archbishop Of Jerusalem (1839) - Hardcoverby John Henry Newman (Translator) ""The Catechetical Lectures of St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem"" is a book written by John Henry Newman and published in 1839. The book is a collection of lectures given by St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a prominent Christian theologian and bishop who lived in the fourth century. These lectures were given to new converts to Christianity and were designed to instruct them in the basic doctrines and practices of the faith.