Letter 79: To our dearest and best-beloved Cyprian — Felix, Jader, and Polianus, together with the presbyters and all who are...

To our dearest and best-beloved Cyprian — Felix, Jader, and Polianus, together with the presbyters and all who are staying with us at the mine of Sigua, eternal health in the Lord. We reply to your greeting, dearest brother, through Herennianus the sub-deacon, and Lucian and Maximus our brothers — strong and safe by the help of your prayers. Through them we have received the sum you sent as an offering, and your letter in which you have condescended to comfort us as if we were sons, with words drawn from heaven. We give thanks, and continue to give thanks, to God the Father Almighty through his Christ, that we have been comforted and strengthened in this way by your address. We ask from the sincerity of your heart that you hold us in your constant prayers — that the Lord would supply whatever is still wanting in your confession and ours, which he has condescended to grant to us. Greet all who are with you. I, Felix, wrote this. I, Jader, subscribed it. I, Polianus, read it. I greet my lord Eutychianus.

Epistle 79