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Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Allen Brent
Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Allen Brent
Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2006
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions (l × w × h): 18.4 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.7 cm
ISBN: 0‒88141‒313‒5
ISBN: 978‒0‒88141‒313‒7
St Cyprian of Carthage
Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Allen Brent
A volume of On the Church
Number 33 of Popular Patristics Series
“Cyprian was the great publicist who argued his theory of church unity with such success that it achieved almost universal acceptance before the European Reformation. To be a member of the Church that is the body of Christ you needed to be in communion with a priest who was in communion with a bishop who in turn was in communion with all other bishops in the world. But how could you tell or decide? And on what kind of issue would it be right for dioceses to break off communion with each other, or to threaten to do so? Were there not other kinds of self-authenticating ministries, like those of martyrs and confessors who had suffered for the Faith? And did the Church not need, and in what form, a universal bishop who could guarantee the integrity of the network of bishops? These were the questions with which Cyprian wrestled and to which he sought to give answers in his selected works translated in this book and in its companion volume, On the Church: Select Treatises.... They are questions that continue to be asked in the contemporary Church.”
—“Preface”
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
§1 The Crisis from the Decian Persecution
Letter 8: Roman Presbyters Criticise Cyprian on His Flight
Letter 13: Questionable Practices of Some Confessors
Letter 15: Presbyters and Deacons Who Fail the Martyrs
Letter 16: Martyrs and Confessors Who Fail the Church
Letter 21: Celerinus Seeks Absolution for His Sisters
Letter 22: Lucianus Replies for the Corporate Body
Letter 23: Lucianus Grants General Absolution by the Martyrs
Letter 24: Caldonius Consults Cyprian on Difficult Cases
Letter 27: Cyprian Replies to the Claims of Lucianus
Letter 33: Cyprian, in Response to an Anonymous Document
Letter 38: The Confessor Aurelius Is Ordained Reader
Letter 39: Celerinus Joins Cyprian’s Side and Is Made Reader
§2 The Unity of the Church and the Nature of Schism
Letter 43: The Origin and Character of the Schism of Felicissimus
Letter 55: The Origin and Character of the Novatian Schism
Letter 59: Troubles with Felicissimus: Cyprian Criticizes Pope Cornelius
§3 Controversies on the Eucharist and Baptism
Letter 63: The Nature of Holy Communion
Letter 72: Stephen and the Baptismal Controversy
Letter 73: Rebaptism: the Novatian Dimension
Letter 75: Rebaptism: Firmilian’s Approving Reply
§4 The End: Cyprian’s Account of His Final Days
Letter 80: Valerian’s Rescript
Letter 81: Cyprian Awaits His Final Sentence
Select Bibliography
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 248
Dimensions (l × w × h): 18.4 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.7 cm
ISBN: 0‒88141‒313‒5
ISBN: 978‒0‒88141‒313‒7
St Cyprian of Carthage
Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Allen Brent
A volume of On the Church
Number 33 of Popular Patristics Series
“Cyprian was the great publicist who argued his theory of church unity with such success that it achieved almost universal acceptance before the European Reformation. To be a member of the Church that is the body of Christ you needed to be in communion with a priest who was in communion with a bishop who in turn was in communion with all other bishops in the world. But how could you tell or decide? And on what kind of issue would it be right for dioceses to break off communion with each other, or to threaten to do so? Were there not other kinds of self-authenticating ministries, like those of martyrs and confessors who had suffered for the Faith? And did the Church not need, and in what form, a universal bishop who could guarantee the integrity of the network of bishops? These were the questions with which Cyprian wrestled and to which he sought to give answers in his selected works translated in this book and in its companion volume, On the Church: Select Treatises.... They are questions that continue to be asked in the contemporary Church.”
—“Preface”
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
§1 The Crisis from the Decian Persecution
Letter 8: Roman Presbyters Criticise Cyprian on His Flight
Letter 13: Questionable Practices of Some Confessors
Letter 15: Presbyters and Deacons Who Fail the Martyrs
Letter 16: Martyrs and Confessors Who Fail the Church
Letter 21: Celerinus Seeks Absolution for His Sisters
Letter 22: Lucianus Replies for the Corporate Body
Letter 23: Lucianus Grants General Absolution by the Martyrs
Letter 24: Caldonius Consults Cyprian on Difficult Cases
Letter 27: Cyprian Replies to the Claims of Lucianus
Letter 33: Cyprian, in Response to an Anonymous Document
Letter 38: The Confessor Aurelius Is Ordained Reader
Letter 39: Celerinus Joins Cyprian’s Side and Is Made Reader
§2 The Unity of the Church and the Nature of Schism
Letter 43: The Origin and Character of the Schism of Felicissimus
Letter 55: The Origin and Character of the Novatian Schism
Letter 59: Troubles with Felicissimus: Cyprian Criticizes Pope Cornelius
§3 Controversies on the Eucharist and Baptism
Letter 63: The Nature of Holy Communion
Letter 72: Stephen and the Baptismal Controversy
Letter 73: Rebaptism: the Novatian Dimension
Letter 75: Rebaptism: Firmilian’s Approving Reply
§4 The End: Cyprian’s Account of His Final Days
Letter 80: Valerian’s Rescript
Letter 81: Cyprian Awaits His Final Sentence
Select Bibliography
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