The Epistles of Cyprian
You're right to remind me, my dear Donatus — I not only remember my promise, I'll admit this is the perfect time to...
Your sub-deacon Crementius has brought us word, dear brothers, that our father Cyprian has gone into hiding — and...
While news of our colleague's fate was still reaching us in fragments, dear brothers, and I was uncertain what to...
Being safe by God's grace, dear brothers, I greet you and rejoice to hear that all is well with you too.
I had wished, dear brothers, to greet my entire clergy safe and sound with this letter.
I wrote to you before, my dearest and bravest brothers, congratulating your faith and courage.
I know, dear brothers, that from the fear we all owe to God, you are already constant in your prayers and urgent in...
I rejoice and give thanks, most brave and blessed brothers, at hearing of your faith and courage — in which the...
I have been patient for a long time, dear brothers, hoping that silence and forbearance would restore order.
My brave and beloved brothers — the anxiety of my situation and the fear of the Lord compel me to speak plainly with...
I know your grief, dear brothers, because it is my own.
I'm amazed, dear brothers, that you haven't replied to any of my many letters.
I've read your letter, dear brothers, and I'm glad your sound counsel has not been lacking.
Having learned, dear brothers, that my actions have been reported to you in a somewhat garbled and untruthful...
Our brother Celerinus — a companion of your faith and courage, a soldier of God proven in glorious combat — has come...
The confessors to Father Cyprian, greetings.
The Lord says: "On whom shall I look, but on the one who is humble and quiet, and who trembles at my words?
Caldonius to Cyprian and his fellow presbyters in Carthage, greetings.
We received your letter, beloved brother, and found it full of good sense, honesty, and faith.
Writing this letter to you, my lord and brother, I am torn between joy and sorrow.
I received your letter, dearest lord and brother, and it so overwhelmed me with your kindness that I was nearly...
After the letters I wrote to you earlier, beloved brothers — explaining my actions and giving some account of my...
So that nothing remains unknown to you, beloved brothers, I have sent you copies of what was written to me and how I...
Cyprian to Moyses and Maximus, the presbyters, and to the other confessors, his very dear brothers, greetings.
To Caecilius Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage — from Moyses and Maximus, presbyters, and Nicostratus and Rufinus,...
Our Lord, whose commands and teachings we are bound to follow, describes the authority of the bishop and the...
You have acted rightly and with proper discipline, beloved brothers.
Both our shared affection and the matter itself demand, beloved brothers, that I keep nothing from you — so that we...
The presbyters and deacons in Rome to Father Cyprian, greetings.
The presbyters and deacons in Rome to Father Cyprian, greetings.
So that you may know what letters I've sent to the clergy in Rome and what they've written back to me — and also...
In ordaining members of the clergy, dear brothers, we normally consult you in advance and weigh each person's...
We should acknowledge and embrace the divine blessings, dear brothers, by which the Lord has seen fit to adorn and...
What I'm about to share, dearest brothers, belongs to our common joy and to the greatest glory of our Church.
Safe by God's grace, dear brothers, I greet you and long to come to you soon, to satisfy my own desire as well as...
I know, dearest brothers, that you've already been urged by many of my letters to show every care to those who have...
I have been deeply grieved, dearest brothers, by your letter — though I have always hoped and worked to keep our...
Caldonius, with Herculanus and Victor his colleagues, and Rogatianus and Numidicus the presbyters, report:
As I told the clergy, so I now tell you, the people: Felicissimus must be avoided, together with the five presbyters...
Novatian's messengers arrived here, dear brother — Maximus the presbyter, Augendus the deacon, and two others,...
As is fitting for servants of God and for faithful and peaceable priests, dear brother, we recently sent our...
I have thought it both a duty on my part and a necessity for you, dear brother, to write a short letter to the...
Cyprian to Maximus, Nicostratus, and the other confessors, greetings.
I have read the letter you sent by the presbyter Primitivus, dear brother, and I noticed that you were troubled by...
The anxiety and grief we carried for those confessors — circumvented and nearly deceived into separation from the...
I will say openly that I have given and continue to give the greatest thanks — without ceasing — to God the Father...
So that nothing might be lacking to the eventual punishment of this wretched man — cast down by the power of God,...
You acted with both care and love, dear brother, in sending us Nicephorus the acolyte in such haste.
Maximus, Urbanus, Sidonius, and Macarius to their brother Cyprian, greetings.
Cyprian to Maximus the presbyter, and to Urbanus, Sidonius, and Macarius, his brothers, greetings.
I received your first letters, dearest brother, in which you held firmly to the unity of the bishops and adhered to...
Cyprian to Fortunatus, Ahymnus, Optatus, Privatianus, Donatulus, and Felix, his brothers, greetings.
From Cyprian, Liberalis, Caldonius, Nicomedes, Caecilius, Junius, Marrutius, Felix, Successus, Faustinus,...
I read your letter, dearest brother — full of fraternal love, church discipline, and a bishop's rightful severity.
I had hoped, beloved brothers and sisters — and earnestly prayed — that circumstances would allow me to come to you...
We have heard the news, dearest brother, of the glorious testimony of your faith and courage, and we received the...
Cyprian, with his colleagues, to his brother Lucius, greetings.
Cyprian, and the other colleagues present in council — sixty-six in number — to our brother Fidus, greetings.
Cyprian to Januarius, Maximus, Proculus, Victor, Modianus, Nemesianus, Nampulus, and Honoratus, his brothers, greetings.
Our mutual affection and your respect for me have prompted you to consult me, dearest brother, about a certain actor...
Cyprian, Caecilius, Victor, Sedatus, Tertullus, and the presbyters present with them, to our brother Pomponius,...
I know, dearest brother, that a great many bishops throughout the world faithfully maintain the Gospel truth and the...
I was seriously disturbed, dearest brothers and sisters, to learn that Fortunatianus — formerly your bishop, who...
My colleagues and I were deeply distressed, dearest brother, when we read your letter complaining about your deacon.
My colleagues and I — along with the fellow presbyters sitting with us — were greatly disturbed, dearest brothers...
Faustinus, our colleague in Lyons, has written to me more than once, dearest brother — and I know he has written to...
From Cyprian, Caecilius, Primus, Polycarp, Nicomedes, Lucilianus, Successus, Sedatus, Fortunatus, Januarius,...
Cyprian — also known as Thascius — to Florentius, also known as Pupianus, his brother, greetings.
From Cyprian, Liberalis, Caldonius, Junius, Primus, Caecilius, Polycarp, Nicomedes, Felix, Marrutius, Successus,...
Our co-presbyter Lucian has reported to me, dearest brother, that you have asked for my opinion on those who appear...
Cyprian and his colleagues to their brother Stephen, greetings.
You wrote to me, dearest brother, asking my view on the baptism of heretics — those who stand outside the Church and...
Although I have laid out the case concerning the baptism of heretics fully enough in the letters I sent you copies...
We received through our beloved deacon Rogatian the letter you sent us, dearest brother, and we gave the greatest...
With your characteristic care and devotion, dearest son, you have consulted me about whether those who come from...
Cyprian to Nemesianus, Felix, Lucius, Felix, Litteus, Polianus, Victor, Jader, and Dativus, his fellow bishops, and...
Nemesianus, Dativus, Felix, and Victor to their brother Cyprian, eternal salvation in the Lord.
To Cyprian, our brother and colleague — Lucius, and all the brothers who are with me, greetings in the Lord.
To our dearest and best-beloved Cyprian — Felix, Jader, and Polianus, together with the presbyters and all who are...
Cyprian to Sergius and Rogatianus, and to the rest of the confessors in the Lord — everlasting health.
The reason I could not write you immediately, dearest brother, was that all the clergy, being in the very heat of...
When it was reported to me, dearest brothers, that messengers had been sent to bring me to Utica for punishment,...