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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 40

Letter LX.

… 13, Cyprian de Lapsis, ix. and xxv. &c., also Bingham's Antiq. xv. chap. iv. § 7. [386] Cf. Sermon LXIII. 7, where much the same language is used. [387] Ephes. i. 15-23. [388] S …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 46

Chapter XVI.

… now pre-eminently it will learn more respecting him, that it may not admire its own martyr Cyprian alone, although consecrated by his sacred blood. And then, if carried down a little to the left …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 197

Epistle XXXVII. [2378]

… Felicissimus, Together with His Companions in Sedition, is to Be Restrained from the Communion of All. 1. Cyprian to Caldonius and Herculanus, his colleagues, also to Rogatianus and Numidicus, his fellow-presbyters, greeting. I have …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 210

Chapter CXVII.

… On the death of his brother Cæsarius, On charity, In praise of the Maccabees, In praise of Cyprian, In praise of Athanasius, In praise of Maximus the philosopher after he had returned from exile. This …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 203

Chapter LXII.

… Cornelius, [2480] bishop of Rome, to whom eight letters of Cyprian are extant, wrote a letter to Fabius, [2481] bishop of the church at Antioch, On the Roman, Italian, and African councils, and another On …

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Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 11

Epistle XXIV.

… and that it belonged altogether to the aforesaid Calixenus, her son; which assertion our most beloved son Cyprian, the deacon, who was acquainted with the case, contradicted, saying that the complaint of the aforesaid woman …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 274

Canon I.

… that are not incurable, and for differences concerning penance. The Puritans are such schismatics. The ancients, viz. Cyprian and Fermilian, put these, and the Encratites, and Hydroparastatæ, and Apotactites, under the same condemnation; because they …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 196

Epistle XXXVI. [2373]

… Purpose of Celebrating Their Memory Annually; And, Finally, that They Should Not Forget the Poor Also. 1. Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons, his brethren, greeting. Although I know, dearest brethren, that you have frequently …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 118

Chapter VII.

… folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was." [456] [443] The condemnation of St. Cyprian's practice of rebaptism. [444] Gen. ix. 22. [445] Gal. i. 6. [446] 2 Tim. iv. 3 …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 64

Canon V.

… are in contrariety with the provisions of the council held at Carthage in the time of St. Cyprian, and yet both these canons, contradictory as they are, are accepted by the Council in Trullo and …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 6

Chapter VII.--Chrysostom as Patriarch of Constantinople. a.d. 398-404.

… with "spiritual Sisters" (suneisaktai). This habit dated from an earlier age, and was a reaction against celibacy. Cyprian had raised his protest against it, and the Council of Nicæa forbade unmarried priests to live with …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 170

Chapter XXIV.--Folly of Polytheism.

… that of Mercury at Hermopolis; that of the Cyprian Venus at Cyprus; that of Mars in Thrace; that of Bacchus at Thebes, where he is said to have been torn in pieces; that of Hercules …

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Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 360

Book II.

… and of each of these he gives examples, selected both from Scripture and from early teachers of the Church, Cyprian and Ambrose. He shows that these various styles may be mingled, and when and for …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 25

XXIII.

… 375] The same author utterly misunderstands Cyprian's references to Rome as "a principal cathedra," "a root and matrix," etc.; importing into the indefinite Latin a definite article. Cyprian applies a similar principle, after his …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 131

Introduction.

… of the Creed which affirms "one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church." We must compare the Treatises of Cyprian for the West, with this and the Letter of Firmilian [2485] for the East, as clearly elucidating …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 228

[4208] Cf. iii. [cap. 41, p. 475, and cap. 30, p. 472].

… Did we say [4213] that Venus was a courtezan, deified by a Cyprian king named Cinyras? Who reported that the palladium was formed from the remains of Pelops? Was it not you? Who that Mars …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 240

Epistle LXXIV. [2916]

Epistle LXXIV. [2916] Firmilian, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, to Cyprian, Against the Letter of Stephen. a.d. 256. Argument.--The Argument of This Letter is Exactly the Same as that of the Previous One …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 178

Epistle XI. [2224]

… I Could to Quiet Their Minds, and Have Instructed Them to Be Retained in Ecclesiastical Discipline." 1. Cyprian to his brethren among the people who stand fast, [2225] greeting. That you bewail and grieve over …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 246

Epistle LXXVI. [3004]

Epistle LXXVI. [3004] Cyprian to Nemesianus and Other Martyrs in the Mines. [3005] Argument.--He Extols with Wonderful Commendations the Martyrs in the Mines, Opposing, in a Beautiful Antithesis, to the Tortures of Each, the …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 75

[501] John i. 1-5.

… And what else have many good and faithful men among our brethren done? Do we not see with what quantity of gold and silver, and garments, Cyprian, that most persuasive teacher and most blessed martyr …

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