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Cyprian
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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.
[2138] Fabian, bishop of Rome. [Cyprian’s “colleague,” but their bishop. See Greek of Philip. ii. 25. He is an example to his brethren: such the simple position of a primitive Bishop of Rome.]
[2139] The foregoing letter, Ep. ii.
Epistle IV. To the Presbyters and Deacons.
[2140] Oxford ed.: Ep. v.
[2141] Scil. Carthage, where the populace had already demanded Cyprian’s blood.
[2142] “Qui illic apud confessores offerunt,” scil. “the oblation” (προσφορὰ,Rom. xv. 16), i.e., “who celebrate the Eucharist.”
Epistle V. To the Presbyters and Deacons.
[2143] Oxford ed.: Ep. xiv. a.d. 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, ὁι νεώτεροι.]
[2145] Ecclesiasticus 11.28. [Conf. Solon, Herod., i. 86.]
[2148] John xiii. 14, 15. [The parabolani were so called circa a.d. 415.]
[2151] [Strange, indeed, that such should be found amid the persecuted sheep of Christ; but it illustrates the history of Callistus at Rome, and the possibility of such characters enlisting in the Church.]
[2152] [“Whence hath it tares?” Ans.: “An enemy hath done this.” See Matt. xiii. 27; Acts xx. 29-31.]
[2153] [Elucidation II. This was the canonical duty neglected by Callistus and his predecessor, who “imagined,” etc. See p. 156, supra.]
Epistle VI. To Rogatianus the Presbyter, and the Other Confessors. a.d. 250.
[2154] Oxford ed.; Ep. xiii. [Rogatian was a bishop afterwards.]
[2155] A beautiful aphorism. See below, note 8, this page.]
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