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On the Unity of the Church
St. Cyprian of Carthage · 251
St. Cyprian of Carthage · image, public domain
Written during a schism at Carthage, St. Cyprian's short book argues that the Church is one, like the seamless robe of Christ, and that leaving it is leaving Christ.
It is short, forceful, and one of the most quoted books of the early Church.
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About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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