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The Treatises of St. Cyprian
St. Cyprian of Carthage · image, public domain
Short books St. Cyprian wrote for his flock in times of persecution and plague: on those who fell away and wanted to come back, on facing death, on works and alms, on patience, on envy.
He was beheaded for Christ in 258, and you can hear a pastor's heart on every page.
Contents
- 1On the Dress of Virgins30 min read
- 2On the Lapsed40 min read
- 3An Address to Demetrianus30 min read
- 4On the Vanity of Idols: Showing that the Idols are Not Gods, and that God is One, and that Through Christ Salvation is Given to Believers15 min read
- 5On the Mortality25 min read
- 6On Works and Alms30 min read
- 7On the Advantage of Patience30 min read
- 8On Jealousy and Envy20 min read
- 9Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus (1 of 2)30 min read
- 10Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus (2 of 2)15 min read
- 11Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (1 of 7)25 min read
- 12Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (2 of 7)25 min read
- 13Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (3 of 7)30 min read
- 14Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (4 of 7)25 min read
- 15Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (5 of 7)25 min read
- 16Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (6 of 7)30 min read
- 17Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (7 of 7)20 min read
- 18Elucidations20 min read
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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