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Cyprian of Carthage, The Epistles of Cyprian
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From the Roman Clergy to the Carthaginian Clergy, About the Retirement of the Blessed Cyprian.
To the Presbyters and Deacons.
To the Clergy, Concerning Prayer to God.
To the Martyrs and Confessors.
To the Martyrs and Confessors Who Sought that Peace Should Be Granted to the Lapsed.
To the Clergy, Concerning Those Who are in Haste to Receive Peace. a.d. 250.
To Moyses and Maximus, and the Rest of the Confessors.
To the Presbyters and Deacons About the Foregoing and the Following Letters.
To Moyses and Maximus and the Rest of the Confessors.
Moyses, Maximus, Nicostratus, and the Other Confessors Answer the Foregoing Letter. a.d. 250.
To the Presbyters and Deacons.
To the Presbyters and Deacons Abiding at Rome.
The Presbyters and Deacons Abiding at Rome, to Cyprian.
To the Carthaginian Clergy, About the Letters Sent to Rome, and Received Thence.
To the Clergy and People, About the Ordination of Aurelius as a Reader.
To the Clergy and People, About the Ordination of Celerinus as Reader.
To the Same, About the Ordination of Numidicus as Presbyter.
To the Clergy, Concerning the Care of the Poor and Strangers.
To the Clergy, Bidding Them Show Every Kindness to the Confessors in Prison.
To Caldonius, Herculanus, and Others, About the Excommunication of Felicissimus.
To the People, Concerning Five Schismatic Presbyters of the Faction of Felicissimus.
To Cornelius, About Cyprian’s Approval of His Ordination, and Concerning Felicissimus.
To the Same, on His Having Sent Letters to the Confessors Whom Novatian Had Seduced.
To the Roman Confessors, that They Should Return to Unity.
To Cornelius, Concerning Polycarp the Adrumetine.
Cornelius to Cyprian, on the Return of the Confessors to Unity.
Cyprian’s Answer to Cornelius, Congratulating Him on the Return of the Confessors from Schism.
Cornelius to Cyprian, Concerning the Faction of Novatian with His Party.
Cyprian’s Answer to Cornelius, Concerning the Crimes of Novatus.
Maximus and the Other Confessors to Cyprian, About Their Return from Schism.
From Cyprian to the Confessors, Congratulating Them on Their Return from Schism.
To Antonianus About Cornelius and Novatian.
To Fortunatus and His Other Colleagues, Concerning Those Who Had Been Overcome by Tortures.
To Cornelius, Concerning Granting Peace to the Lapsed.
To Cornelius, Concerning Fortunatus and Felicissimus, or Against the Heretics.
To the People of Thibaris, Exhorting to Martyrdom.
To Cornelius in Exile, Concerning His Confession.
To Fidus, on the Baptism of Infants.
To the Numidian Bishops, on the Redemption of Their Brethren from Captivity Among the Barbarians.
To Euchratius, About an Actor.
To Pomponius, Concerning Some Virgins.
Cæcilius, on the Sacrament of the Cup of the Lord.
To Epictetus and to the Congregation of Assuræ, Concerning Fortunatianus, Formerly Their Bishop.
To Rogatianus, Concerning the Deacon Who Contended Against the Bishop.
To Father Stephanus, Concerning Marcianus of Arles, Who Had Joined Himself to Novatian.
To the Clergy and People Abiding in Spain, Concerning Basilides and Martial.
To Florentius Pupianus, on Calumniators.
To Januarius and Other Numidian Bishops, on Baptizing Heretics.
To Quintus, Concerning the Baptism of Heretics.
To Stephen, Concerning a Council.
To Jubaianus, Concerning the Baptism of Heretics.
To Pompey, Against the Epistle of Stephen About the Baptism of Heretics.
Firmilian, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, to Cyprian, Against the Letter of Stephen. a.d. 256.
To Magnus, on Baptizing the Novatians, and Those Who Obtain Grace on a Sick-Bed.
The Reply of Nemesianus, Dativus, Felix, and Victor, to Cyprian.
The Reply to the Same of Lucius and the Rest of the Martyrs.
The Answer of Felix, Jader, Polianus, and the Rest of the Martyrs, to Cyprian.
Cyprian to Sergius, Rogatianus, and the Other Confessors in Prison.
To Successus on the Tidings Brought from Rome, Telling of the Persecution.
To the Clergy and People Concerning His Retirement, a Little Before His Martyrdom.
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Cyprianus plebi Carthagini consistenti aeternam in Domino salutem. Gratias quidem agimus Deo Patri et Domino Jesu Christo, qui vos adunatos atque in conventicula restituit. Propter quam rem memoravimus 0433B et scriptum beatissimorum martyrum atque confessorum voluimus ad consilium nostrum servare. Jubet desuper majestas atque Spiritus sanctus, cujus in nobis gratia testis est salutaris. Nam, cum tractaret de traditoribus, jubet tam in Evangelio quam in Apostolo, tam in Psalmis quam in Prophetis et caeteris Scripturis: Scrutamini (Joa. V, 39). Quo scrutato a nobis, inventis ab iis qui Scripturas sanctas tradiderunt non mereri eos congredi consilium nostrum, id est consilium habitare. Nemo est enim qui hoc consilium condreatur non coelestem spectet. Ac propterea memoravimus ut ii qui taliter Scripturas tractaverunt ad statum plebis et judicium ab ipsis porrectum, nec aliqua actio ab ipsis promi, sed nec etiam ad statum sacrificii neque plebis esse 0433C proximi; qui utique, jam dudum derelicta plebe, nudata altaria, prompta sacrificia . Merito haec memorantes cum moestitia atque dolore animi profici teste ad Dominum quod debuimus statuere, quam omnes disceptationes et dissensiones et haereses et scandala hauserant, ne ulterius provocent se homines seu minus fidei seu Scripturis leves sint et lectores id statuimus atque statuimus , atque statuto nostro recedi nolumus, ut si qui tradidit praepositus huic plebi mereantur antistitem administrantem altari ac corpore integro. Iis vero jussimus a quibus et sacrificium offerri jubemus, merito praeceptis iis obtemp erari debet, nec aliud fiet quam statim evangelica vox sincera cata Johannem loquitur: Nolo, inquit, de manibus vestris sacrificia, quia non venistis ad me cum hostia 0433Dmunda. Qui utique hostiam mundam non offert, hostia de manibus ejus non ascendit. Nam iterum legimus: In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum (Joan. I, 1). Qui per Verbum finctionem finxerint dare res inhabitabiles apud illos seu veras scripturas sanctas seu fictas, qui dat vocem et qui dat desideria proxima, qui utique finget tradere supplebit traditionem. Merito negantes volumus interim veniam habere confitentes patres. Nam qui dicit se Scripturas non habere, utique paratus fuit et 0434A torqueri, quorum exempla habemus. Tertio negaverunt, et sacramentum non tradiderunt. Hi autem qui nec interrogati obtulerunt, interim usque ad statum consilii laici communicabunt. Verumtamen in statum consilii quod Scriptura sancta promoverit, secundum sententiam fixam sanctis et amicis Dei suppleri volumus, cum jam testes et proximi aliquid jam dudum statuerant nostri antecessores. Ob quam rem necesse est nos testibus consentire complecti et supplere. Opto vos in Domino semper bene valere. Amen. Deo gratias.