Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
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Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), encourages his presbyters and deacons to pray, to take care of the imprisoned, and to write down the dates of the martyrs` deaths. Cyprian, Letters 11 and 12 , AD 250.
Epistula 11. Cyprianus presbyteris et diaconibus fratribus s[alutem]
 
Epistula 12. Cyprianus presbyteris et diaconibus fratribus s[alutem]
 
Cyprian encourages his presbyters and deacons to pray, to take care of the imprisoned, and to write down the dates of the martyrs' deaths.
 
(ed. Diercks 1994: 56-70)
Letter 11. Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons, his  brethren, greeting.
 
Letter 12. Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons, his  brethren, greeting.
 
Cyprian encourages his presbyters and deacons to pray, to take care of the imprisoned, and to write down the dates of the martyrs' deaths.
 
(trans. and summary by S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
City
  • Carthage

About the source:

Author: Cyprian
Title: Letters, Epistulae, Epistolae
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Cyprian was born probably about 200 AD. He converted to Christianity in about 245 and in 248 was elected Bishop of Carthage. Soon after, the Decian persecution began (in 249/250) and Cyprian went into hiding. In 251 he returned to the city. Under Valerian, he was exiled in 257 and executed in 258. The epistolary of Cyprian consists of 81 letters (16 of them by his correspondents, and 6 synodal or collective), the majority of them are from the period of 250-251, when they were the means of Cyprian`s communication with his clergy. They offer us a wide view on the organization of the Church in Carthage in the middle of the third century, her relation with the Church of Rome, on the development of the persecutions, and on the conflicts that they caused inside the Church.
Different numerations of Cyprian's letters exist, I follow the edition of Diercks in Corpus Christianorum.
Edition:
G.F. Diercks ed., Sancti Cypriani Episcopi Epistularium. Epistulae 1-57, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 3B, Turnhout 1994.
Bibliography:
Saint Cyprien, Lettres 1-20, Introduction, texte, traduction et commentaire par S. Deléani, Paris 2007.

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
    Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
      Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics
        Pastoral activity - Ransoming and visiting prisoners and captives
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