Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 1232
Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, writes to his presbyters and deacons, confirming the previous decisions on the reconciliation of the lapsed. Cyprian, Letter 26, AD 250.
Epistula 26
 
Cyprianus presbyteris et diaconibus fratribus s[alutem].
 
Cyprian confirms the previous decisions on the reconciliation of the lapsed.
 
(ed. Diercks 1994: 125-126)
Letter 26
 
Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons, his brethren, greeting.
 
Cyprian confirms the previous decisions on the reconciliation of the lapsed.
 

Discussion:

Cyprian refers to his previous letters: 18 [1169] and 19 [1170].

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:
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Categories:

Writing activity - Correspondence
    Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
      Ritual activity - Reconciliation/Administering penance
        Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
          Ecclesiastical administration
            Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1232, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1232