DIVI THASCII CAECILII CYPRIANI EPISCOPI CARTHAGINENSIS ET MARTYRIS OPERUM PARS PRIMA.---EPISTOLAE.

 EPISTOLA PRIMA. AD DONATUM . (Erasm., Pamel., ep. II. Rigal., ep. I. Oxon., Lips., liber de Gratia Dei.)

 EPISTOLA II. (Pamel., III Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., II Oxon. Lips., VIII.)CLERI ROMANI AD CLERUM CARTHAGINENSEM, DE SECESSU DIVI CYPRIANI.

 EPISTOLA III. (Erasm., III, 21 Pamel., IV Rig., Baluz., Paris., III Oxon., Lips., IX.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS ROMAE CONSISTENTES.

 EPISTOLA IV. (Pamel., V Rig., Baluz., Pariss., IV Oxon. Lips., V.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS.

 EPISTOLA V. (Erasm., III, 20. Pamel., IV Rig, Baluz, Paris, V Oxon. Lips., XIV).AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS.

 EPISTOLA VI. (Erasm., I, 5 Pamel., VII Rig., Baluz., Paris., VI Oxon., Lips., XIII.)AD ROGATIANUM PRESBYTERUM ET CAETEROS CONFESSORES.

 EPISTOLA VII. (Erasm., IV, 4 Pamel., VIII Oxon., Lips. XI Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., VII.)AD CLERUM, DE PRECANDO DEO.

 EPISTOLA VIII. (Eras., II, 6 Pamel., IX Rig., Baluz., Paris., VIII Oxon. Lips., X.)AD MARTYRES ET CONFESSORES.

 EPISTOLA IX. (Erasm., III, 14 Pamel., X Rig., Baluz., Paris., IX Oxon., Lips., XXI.)AD CLERUM, DE QUIBUSDAM PRESBYTERIS QUI TEMERE PACEM LAPSIS DED

 EPISTOLA X. (Erasm., III, 15 Pamel., XI Rig., Baluz., Paris., X Oxon., Lips., XV.)AD MARTYRES ET CONFESSORES QUI LAPSIS PETIERUNT PACEM DARI.

 EPISTOLA XI. (Erasm., III, 16 Pamel., XII Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XI Oxon., Lips., XVII.)AD PLEBEM.

 EPISTOLA XII. (Erasm., III, 17 Pamel., XIII Rigalt., Baluz., Paris. XII Oxon., Lips., XXIII.)AD CLERUM, DE LAPSIS ET CATECHUMENIS, NE VACUI EXEANT.

 EPISTOLA XIII. (Erasm., III, 18 Pamel., XIV Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XIII Oxon., Lips., XIX.)AD CLERUM, DE HIS QUI AD PACEM FESTINANT.

 EPISTOLA XIV. (Erasm., III, 5. Pamel., XV Rigalt., Baluz., Pariss., XIV Oxon., Lips., XX.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS ROMAE CONSISTENTES.

 EPISTOLA XV. (Erasm., II. 4. Pamel., XVI. Rig., Baluz., Paris., XV. Oxon., Lips. XXXVII.)AD MOYSEN ET MAXIMUM ET CAETEROS CONFESSORES.

 EPISTOLA XVI. (Pamel., XVII. Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XVI. Oxon., Lips. XXIII.)CONFESSORUM AD CYPRIANUM.

 EPISTOLA XVII. (Erasm., III, 19. Pamel., XXIII. Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XVII. Oxon., Lips., XXVI.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS, DE PRAECEDENTI ET DUABU

 EPISTOLA XVIII. (Pamel., XIX. Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XVIII. Oxon., Lips. XXIV.)CALDONII AD CYPRIANUM.

 EPISTOLA XIX. (Erasm., III, 20. Pamel., XX. Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XIX. Oxon., Lips., XXV.)RESPONDET CALDONIO.

 EPISTOLA XX. (Pamel., XXI. Rigalt, Baluz., Paris., XX. Oxon., Lips., XXI.)CELERINI AD LUCIANUM.

 EPISTOLA XXI. (Pamel., XXII. Rig., Baluz., Paris., XXI. Oxon., Lips., XXII.)LUCIANUS RESPONDET CELERINO.

 EPISTOLA XXII. (Pamel., XXIII. Rigalt., Baluz., Paris., XXII. Oxon., Lips., XXVII.)AD CLERUM ROMAE CONSISTENTEM, DE MULTIS CONFESSORIBUS ET DE LUCIANI

 EPISTOLA XXIV. (Erasm., IV, 22. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXIV. Paris., XXIII. Oxon., Lips., XXVIII.)AD CLERUM, DE LITTERIS ROMAM MISSIS ET DE SATURO L

 EPISTOLA XXV. (Erasm., IV, 3. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXV. Paris., XXIV. Oxon., Lips., XXVIII.)AD MOYSEN ET MAXIMUM ET CAETEROS CONFESSORES.

 EPISTOLA XXVI. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXVI. Paris., XXV. Oxon., Lips., XXXI.)MOYSES, MAXIMUS, NICOSTRATUS, ET ALII CONFESSORES RESPONDENT PRAECEDEN

 EPISTOLA XXVII. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXVII. Paris., XXVI, Oxon., Lips., XXXIII.)CYPRIANUS LAPSIS.

 EPISTOLA XXVIII. (Pamel., Rig., Baluz., XXVIII. Paris., XXVI. Oxon., Lips., XXXIV.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS.

 EPISTOLA XXIX. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXIX. Paris., XXXIII. Oxon., Lips., XXXV.)AD PRESBYTEROS ET DIACONOS ROMAE CONSIS TENTES

 EPISTOLA XXX. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXX. Paris., XXIX. Oxon., Lips., XXXVI. Novat. opp. ed. Jackson. p. 309.)PRESBYTERI ET DIACONI ROMAE CONSISTEN

 EPISTOLA XXXI. (Erasm., II, 7. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXI. Paris., XXX, Oxon., Lips., XXX Novatian. opp. edit. Jackson. p. 277. Galland., Biblioth

 EPISTOLA XXXII. (Erasm., III, 4. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., Oxon., Lips., XXXII.)AD CLERUM CARTHAGINENSEM, DE MISSIS ROMAM ET ACCEPTIS INDE LITTERIS.

 EPISTOLA XXXIII. (Erasm., II, 51. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXIII. Paris., XXXII. Oxon., Lips., XXXVIII.)AD CLERUM ET PLEBEM, DE AURELIO LECTORE ORDIN

 EPISTOLA XXXIV. (Erasm., IV, 5. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXIV. Paris., XXXIII. Oxon., Lips., XXXIX.)AD CLERUM ET PLEBEM, DE CELERINO LECTORE ORDINATO

 EPISTOLA XXXV. (Erasm., IX, 10. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXV. Paris., XXXIV. Oxon., Lips., XL.)AD EOSDEM, DE NUMIDICO ORDINATO PRESBYTERO.

 EPISTOLA XXXVI. (Erasm., III, 24. Pamel., Rig., Baluz., XXXVI. Paris. XXXV. Oxon., Lips., VII.)AD CLERUM, DE CURA PAUPERUM ET PEREGRINORUM.

 EPISTOLA XXXVII. (Erasm., III, 6. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXVII. Paris., XXXVI, Oxon., Lips., XII.)AD CLERUM, UT CONFESSORIBUS IN CARCERE CONSTITUTI

 EPISTOLA XXXVIII. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXVIII. Paris., XXXVIII. Oxon., Lips., XLI.)AD CALDONIUM, HERCULANUM ET CAETEROS, DE ABSTINENDO FELICISSI

 EPISTOLA XXXIX. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XXXIX. Paris. XXXVIII. Oxon., Lips., XLII.)CALDONII, HERCULANI ET CAETERORUM EPISTOLA AD CYPRIANUM, DE ABSTE

 EPISTOLA XL. (Erasm., I, 8. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XL. Paris., XXXIX. Oxon., Lips., XLIII.)AD PLEBEM, DE QUINQUE PRESBYTERIS SCHISMATICIS FACTIONIS

 EPISTOLA XLI. ANNO CHR. CCLI. EPISTOLA PRIMA. S. CYPRIANI CARTHAGINENSIS EPISCOPI AD S. CORNELIUM PAPAM. (Erasm., II, 11 Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XLI

 EPISTOLA XLII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLI. EPISTOLA II. S. CYPRIANI CARTHAGINENSIS EPISCOPI AD S. CORNELIUM PAPAM. (Erasm., II, 10 Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., Pa

 EPISTOLA XLIII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLI. EPISTOLA III. EJUSDEM AD EUMDEM. (Erasm. II, 9 Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. XLIII, Paris. XLII, Lips. Coustant. p. 130, G

 EPISTOLA XLIV. (Erasm., III, 2. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., XLIV. Paris., XLIII. Oxon., Lips., XLVI.)AD CONFESSORES ROMANOS, UT AD UNITATEM REDEANT.

 EPISTOLA XLV. ANN. CHR. CCLI. EPISTOLA IV. EJUSDEM AD EUMDEM. (Erasm. IV, 8 Pam. Rigalt. Baluz. Paris. XLIV Lips. Coustant., p. 131 Galland. III, p

 EPISTOLA XLVI. EPISTOLA VI. SANCTI CORNELII PAPAE AD CYPRIANUM CARTHAGINENSEM EPISCOPUM. (Erasm. III, 11., Pamel. Rigal. Baluz. XLVII, Paris. XLV, Oxo

 EPISTOLA XLVII. EPISTOLA VIII. (Erasm. II, 12 Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. XLVII, Oxon. Lips. LI. Paris. XLVI. Coustant. I, 143. Galland. III, 340.)

 EPISTOLA XLVIII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLI. EPISTOLA V. (Erasm. III, 12, Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. XLVIII. Oxon. Lips. L. Paris. XVII, Coustant. col. 133 Galland

 EPISTOLA XLIX. EPISTOLA VII. S. CYPRIANI, CARTHAGINENSIS EPISCOPI, AD CORNELIUM PAPAM. (Erasm. II, 8, Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. XLIX., Paris. XLVIII, Cous

 EPISTOLA L. (Erasm., III, 3. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., L. Paris., XLIX. Oxon., Lips., LIII.)MAXIMI ET CAETERORUM CONFESSORUM AD CYPRIANUM, DE SUO REDIT

 EPISTOLA LI. (Erasm., III. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LI. Paris., L. Oxon., Lips., LIV.)CYPRIANI AD CONFESSORES, DE REDITU EX SCHISMATE CONGRATULATORIA.

 EPISTOLA LII. ANN. CHR. CCLII. EPISTOLA X. SEU EPISTOLAE S. CYPRIANI AD ANTONIANUM PRIMA PARS, IN QUA CYPRIANUS DE S. CORNELIO DISSERIT. (Erasm. IV, 2

 EPISTOLA LIII. (Erasm., III, 23. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LIII. Paris., LII. Oxon., Lips., LVI.)AD FORTUNATUM ET ALIOS COLLEGAS, DE IIS QUI PER TORMEN

 EPISTOLA LIV. EPISTOLA SYNODICA S. CYPRIANI, CARTHAGINENSIS EPISCOPI, ET COLLEGARUM AD S. CORNELIUM PAPAM DE LAPSIS.

 EPISTOLA LV. (Erasm., I. 3. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LV. Paris., LIV. Oxon., Lips., LIX. Coustant., Epist. Rom. Pont., I, p. 172. Galland., Bibl. vett

 EPISTOLA LVI. (Erasm., IV, 6. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LVI. Paris., LV. Oxon., Lips., LVIII.)AD THIBARITANOS, DE EXHORTATIONE MARTYRII.

 EPISTOLA LVII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLII. EPISTOLA XIII. SANCTI CYPRIANI AD S. CORNELIUM PAPAM. (Erasm. I, 1 Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. LVII Paris. 56 Coustant

 EPISTOLA LVIII. (Erasm., III, 1. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LVIII. Paris., LVI. Coustant., Epist. Rom. Pont. I, p. 207.)AD LUCIUM PAPAM ROMANUM REVERSUM

 EPISTOLA LIX. (Erasm., III, 8. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LIX. Paris., LVIII. Oxon., Lips., LXIV. Routh., rell. scr. III, p. 74 et 116.)AD FIDUM, DE INF

 EPISTOLA LX. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LX. Paris., LIX. Oxon., Lips., LXII.)AD EPISCOPOS NUMIDAS, DE REDEMPTIONE FRATRUM EX CAPTIVITATE BARBARORUM.

 EPISTOLA LXI. (Erasm., I, 10. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXI. Paris., LX Oxon., Lips., II.)AD EUCHRATIUM, DE HISTRIONE.

 EPISTOLA LXII. (Erasm., I, 11. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXII. Paris., LXII. Oxon., Lips., IV.)AD POMPONIUM, DE VIRGINIBUS.

 EPISTOLA LXIII. (Erasm., II, 3. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXIII. Paris., LXII Oxon., Lips., LXIII.)AD CAECILIUM DE SACRAMENTO DOMINICI CALICIS.

 EPISTOLA LXIV. (Erasm., I, 7. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXIV. Pariss., LXIII. Oxon., Lips., LXV.)AD EPICTETUM ET PLEBEM ASSURITANORUM, DE FORTUNATIANO

 EPISTOLA LXV. (Erasm., III, 9. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXV. Pariss., LXIV. Oxon., Lips., III.)AD ROGATIANUM, DE DIACONO QUI CONTRA EPISCOPUM CONTENDI

 EPISTOLA LXVI. (Erasm., I, 9. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXVI. Paris., LXV. Oxon., Lips., I.)AD CLERUM ET PLEBEM FURNIS CONSISTENTEM, DE VICTORE QUI FAU

 EPISTOLA LXVII. (Erasm., III, 13. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXVII. Paris., LXVI. Lips., Oxon., LXVIII. Coustant., Epist. Rom. Pont. 4. p. 211.)AD STEPH

 EPISTOLA LXVIII. (Erasm., I, 4. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXVIII. Paris., LXVII. Oxon., Lips., LXVII. Routh. Rell. Scr., III, p. 77 et 122.)AD CLERUM E

 EPISTOLA LXIX. (Erasm., IV, 9. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXIX. Paris., LVIII. Oxon., Lips., LXVI.)AD FLORENTIUM PUPIANUM, DE OBTRECTATORIBUS.

 EPISTOLA LXX. (Erasm., 1, 2. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., Oxon., Lips., LXX. Paris., LXIX. Routh., Rell. scr. III, p. 84 et 135.)AD JANUARIUM ET CAETEROS

 EPISTOLA LXXI. (Erasm. ad Quintinum, p. 337. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., Oxon. Lips. LXXI Paris., LXX.)AD QUINTUM, DE HAERETICIS BAPTIZANDIS.

 EPISTOLA LXXII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLVI, PONTIFICATUS S. STEPHANI III. CARTHAGINENSE CONCILIUM SUB CYPRIANO SEXTUM. EX AFRICA PROVINCIA ET NUMIDIA, QUOD DE

 EPISTOLA LXXIII. ANNO CHRISTI CCLVI. EPISTOLA S. CYPRIANI AD JUBAIANUM, DE HAERETICIS BAPTIZANDIS. (Erasm. p. 322. Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. Oxon. Lips. L

 Epistola LXXIV. EPISTOLA S. CYPRIANI AD POMPEIUM CONTRA EPISTOLAM STEPHANI DE HAERETICIS BAPTIZANDIS. (Erasm. p. 332 Pamel. Rigalt. Baluz. Oxon. Lips.

 EPISTOLA LXXV. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., Oxon., Lips., LXXV. Paris., LXXIV. Routh. Script. Ecclesiasticor. Opusc. praecip., 1, p. 221.) EPISTOLA FIRMI

 EPISTOLA LXXVI. (Erasm., I, 6 [I-XI], et IV, 7 [XII-XVI]. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXVI. Paris., LXXV., Oxon., Lips., LXIX.) EPISTOLA S. CYPRIANI AD

 EPISTOLA LXXVII. (Erasm., III, 25. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXVII. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXVI.)AD NEMESIANUM ET CAETEROS MARTYRAS IN METALLO CONSTIT

 EPISTOLA LXXVIII. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXVIII. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXXII.)NEMESIANI, DATIVI, FELIGIS ET VICTORIS RESPONSUM AD CYPRIANUM.

 EPISTOLA LXXIX. (Erasm., IV, 7. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXIX. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXVIII.)AD EUMDEM LUCII ET CAETERORUM MARTYRUM RESPONSUM.

 EPISTOLA LXXX. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXX. Paris., Oxon., Lips., LXXIX.)FELICIS, JADERIS, POLIANI, ET CAETERORUM MARTYRUM RESPONSUM AD CYPRIANUM.

 EPISTOLA LXXXI. (Erasm., IV, 1. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXXI. Paris., LXXX. Oxon., Lips., VI.)CYPRIANI AD SERGIUM ET ROGATIANUM ET CAETEROS CONFESSO

 EPISTOLA LXXXII. (Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXXII. Paris., LXXXI. Oxon., Lips., LXXX.)AD SUCCESSUM, DE NUNTIIS ROMA REVERSIS PERSECUTIONEM NUNTIANTIBU

 EPISTOLA LXXXIII. (Pam., Rigalt., Baluz., LXXXIII. Paris., LXXXI. Oxon., Lips., LXXXI.)AD CLERUM ET PLEBEM, DE SUO SECESSU, PAULO ANTE PASSIONEM.

 EPISTOLA CORNELII PAPAE AD CYPRIANUM.

 AD PLEBEM CARTHAGINIS.

 AD TURASIUM PRESBYTERUM.

Epistle LVII.512    Oxford ed.: Ep. lxi. a.d. 252.

To Lucius513    [Hi episcopate lasted not six months. See Eusebius, H. E., vii. 2. He seems to have suffered martyrdom by the sword.] The Bishop of Rome, Returned from Banishment.

Argument.—Cyprian, with His Colleagues, Congratulates Lucius on His Return from Exile, Reminding Him that Martyrdom Deferred Does Not Make the Glory Less. Then, Pointing Out that the Martyrdom of Cornelius and the Banishment of Lucius Had Happened by Divine Direction, for the Confusion of the Novatians, He Foretells to Him His Own Impending Martyrdom, God So Ordaining It that It Should Be Consummated Not Away from Home, But Among His Own People.

1. Cyprian, with his colleagues, to Lucius his brother, greeting. We had lately also congratulated you indeed, dearest brother, when the divine condescension, by a double honour, appointed you in the administration of God’s Church, as well a confessor as a priest. But now also we no less congratulate you and your companions, and the whole fraternity, that the benignant and liberal protection of the Lord has brought you back again to His own with the same glory, and with praises to you; that so the shepherd might be restored to feed his flock, and the pilot to manage the ship, and the ruler to govern the people; and that it might appear that your banishment was so divinely arranged, not that the bishop banished and driven away should be wanting to the Church, but that he should return to the Church greater than he had left it.

2. For the dignity of martyrdom was not the less in the case of the three youths, because, their death being frustrated, they came forth safe from the fiery furnace; nor did Daniel stand forth uncompleted in the praise he deserved, because, when he had been sent to the lions for a prey, he was protected by the Lord, and lived to glory. Among confessors of Christ, martyrdoms deferred do not diminish the merits of confession, but show forth the greatness of divine protection. We see represented in you what the brave and illustrious youths announced before the king, that they indeed were prepared to be burnt in the flames, that they might not serve his gods, nor worship the image which he had made; but that the God whom they worshipped, and whom we also worship, was able even to rescue them from the fiery furnace, and to deliver them from the hands of the king, and from imminent sufferings. This we now find carried out in the faith of your confession, and in the Lord’s protection over you; so that while you were prepared and ready to undergo all punishment, yet the Lord withdrew you from punishment, and preserved you for the Church. In your return the dignity of his confession has not been abridged in the bishop, but the priestly authority has rather increased; so that a priest is assisting at the altar of God, who exhorts the people to take up the arms of confession, and to submit to martyrdom, not by his words, but by his deeds; and, now that Antichrist is near, prepares the soldiers for the battle, not only by the urgency of his speech and his words, but by the example of his faith and courage.

3. We understand, dearest brother, and we perceive with the whole light of our heart, the salutary and holy plans of the divine majesty, whence the sudden persecution lately arose there—whence the secular power suddenly broke forth against the Church of Christ and the bishop Cornelius, the blessed martyr, and all of you; so that, for the confusion and beating down of heretics, the Lord might show514    [Not Novatian. The organization at Rome is here glanced at, as answering to the Cyprianic theory in all respects.] which was the Church—which is its one bishop chosen by divine appointment—which presbyters are associated with the bishop in priestly honour—which is the united and true people of Christ, linked together in the love of the Lord’s flock—who they were whom the enemy would harass; whom, on the other hand, the devil would spare as being his own. For Christ’s adversary does not persecute and attack any except Christ’s camp and soldiers; heretics, once prostrated and made his own, he despises and passes by. He seeks to cast down those whom he sees to stand.

4. And I wish, dearest brother, that the power were now given us to be with you there on your return, that we ourselves, who love you with mutual love, might, being present with the rest, also receive the very joyous fruit of your coming. What exultation among all the brethren there; what running together and embracing of each one as they arrive! Scarcely can you be satisfied with the kisses of those who cling to you; scarcely can the very faces and eyes of the people be satiated with seeing. At the joy of your coming the brotherhood there has begun to recognise what and how great a joy will follow when Christ shall come. For because His advent will quickly approach, a kind of representation has now gone before in you; that just as John, His forerunner and preparer of His way, came and preached that Christ had come, so, now that a bishop returns as a confessor of the Lord, and His priest, it appears that the Lord also is now returning. But I and my colleagues, and all the brotherhood, send this letter to you in the stead of us, dearest brother; and setting forth to you by our letter our joy, we express the faithful inclination of our love here also in our sacrifices and our prayers, not ceasing to give thanks to God the Father, and to Christ His Son our Lord; and as well to pray as to entreat, that He who is perfect, and makes perfect, will keep and perfect in you the glorious crown of your confession, who perchance has called you back for this purpose, that your glory should not be hidden, if the martyrdom of your confession should be consummated away from home. For the victim which affords an example to the brotherhood both of courage and of faith, ought to be offered up when the brethren are present. We bid you, dearest brother, ever heartily farewell.

EPISTOLA LVIII. (Erasm., III, 1. Pamel., Rigalt., Baluz., LVIII. Paris., LVI. Coustant., Epist. Rom. Pont. I, p. 207.)AD LUCIUM PAPAM ROMANUM REVERSUM AB EXILIO.

0358C ARGUMENTUM.---Gratulatur Lucio Cyprianus cum collegis 0359A de reditu ab exilio, docens dilatam martyria gloriam non minuere. Deinde, indicans divinitus contigisse Cornelii martyrium et Lucii exilium, ad confundendos Novatianos, praedicit illi instans martyrium; ita Deo ordinante, ut non foris, sed apud suos consummaretur ejus martyrium.

(Vid. not. ad Epist. praeced.)