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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 221

Epistle LIX. [2635]

… Argument.--Cyprian Begins by Deploring the Captivity of the Brethren, of Which He Had Heard from the Numidian Bishops, and Says that He is Sending Them a Hundred Thousand Sesterces, Contributed by Brethren and Sisters …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 172

Epistle V. [2143]

… 250. [2144] It is thought that Cyprian here speaks of an order of men called "Parabolani," who systematically devoted themselves to the service of the sick and poor and imprisoned. [Acts iv. 6, hoi neoteroi …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 234

Epistle LXXI. [2838]

… Argument.--Cyprian with His Colleagues in a Certain Council Tells Stephen, the Roman Bishop, that It Had Been Decreed by Them, Both that Those Who Returned from Heresy into the Church Should Be Baptized, and …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 340

Letter CLXXX.

… 251, 272, 333, 349. [2831] Adversus Pelagium, book i. [2832] Letters of Cyprian, LXXI.

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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 247

Epistle XVII.

… To Cyprian, Deacon [1583] . Gregory to Cyprian, &c. I received your letters of most bitter import about the death of the Lord Maximianus [1584] in the month of November. And he indeed has reached the …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 222

Epistle LX. [2645]

… Argument.--Cyprian, with Some of His Colleagues, Replies to His Colleague Pomponius, that Virgins Who Had Determined to Maintain Their State with Continency and Firmness, But Who Had Yet Subsequently Been Found in the Same …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 133

Chapter XXIX.

… And that not only the Head, but the other parts, of the world also might bear witness to the judgment of the council, there was added from the South the most blessed Cyprian, bishop of …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 67

Chapter II.--The First Ruler of the Church of Rome.

… The first clear references to it are made by Firmilian, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia (third century), in his Epistle to Cyprian, §6 (Ep. 74, in the collection of Cyprian's Epistles, Ante-Nicene Fathers …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 198

Epistle XXXVIII. [2381]

… l. "to Cyprian, greeting." [2383] "Rutili," scil. confessors who had spilt their blood. [2384] "Budinarius." The exact meaning of this word is unknown. Some read it as another name: "Soliassus and Budinarius." The Oxford editor …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 218

Epistle LVI. [2619]

… Argument.--Cyprian Praises in Cornelius and His People Their Confession of the Name of Christ Even to Banishment; And Exhorts Them to Constancy and to Mutual Prayer for One Another, as Well in Respect of …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 249

Epistle LXXX. [3030]

Epistle LXXX. [3030] Cyprian to Sergius, Rogatianus, and the Other Confessors in Prison. Argument.--He Consoles Rogatianus and His Colleagues, the Confessors in Prison, and Gives Them Courage by the Example of the Martyrs Rogatianus …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 160

Letter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter.

… To Cyprian the Presbyter. Cyprian had visited Jerome at Bethlehem and had asked him to write an exposition of Psalm XC. in simple language such as might be readily understood. With this request Jerome now …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 104

[1701] See p. 156, supra.

… See also my prefatory remarks to Mathetes, and the reference to Bunsen which I have suffixed to the Notice of the Edinburgh editors. [1711] In the Edinburgh series, Minucius comes into view after Cyprian, and …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 182

[2620] tous en bathmo. cf. note on p. 218.

… 19 and Cyprian. Ep. lxiii. [2624] The Ben. note points out that the improper proceeding of the Encratites consisted not in any corruption of the baptismal formula, but in the addition of certain novel ceremonies …

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Augustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 435

Chapter 6.--Presumption and Arrogance to Be Avoided.

… It was not thus that that pious and humble teacher thought--I speak of the most blessed Cyprian--when he said "that we must boast in nothing, since nothing is our own." [3432] And in …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 82

[609] Col. ii. 8.

… Hence Cyprian speaks of the sacraments' of the Lord's Prayer, meaning the hidden meaning conveyed therein, which could only be appreciated by a Christian. The Fathers sometimes speak of confirmation as a sacrament, because …

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Augustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 201

[1299] Rom. v. 5.

… that to this same dove belong all those greedy ones, whose existence in the same Catholic Church Cyprian himself so grievously bewailed? For birds of prey, I believe, cannot be called doves, but rather hawks …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 181

Canon CII.

… mercy be meted out. The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice. Introductory Note. I …

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