Cyprian

Footnotes

^[2242] [Another instance of this usage (κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν), of which see p. 291, supra.]

^[2243] [Note the moderation of our author. 1 Pet. v. 5.]

Epistle XV. To Moyses and Maximus, and the Rest of the Confessors.

^[2244] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxxvii. In the autumn of a.d. 250.

^[2245] “Further, that you came to them in such way as you could enter; that you refreshed their minds, robust in their own faith and confession, by your appeals and your letters; that, accompanying their happiness with deserved praises, you inflamed them to a much more ardent desire for heavenly glory; that you urged them onward in the course; that you animated, as we believe and hope, future victors by the power of your address, so that, although all this may seem to come from the faith of the confessors and the divine indulgence, yet in their martyrdom they may seem in some manner to have become debtors to you.”

^[2246] [i.e., confessorship. As to the time, see Treatise ii. infra.]

Epistle XVI. The Confessors to Cyprian.

^[2247] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxiii. a.d. 250.

^[2248] “Cypriano Papæ,” to “Pope” Cyprian. [An instance illustrative of what is to be found on p. 54, supra. See also Elucidation III. p. 154, supra.]

Epistle XVII. To the Presbyters and Deacons About the Foregoing and the Following Letters.

^[2249] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxvi. a.d. 250.

^[2250] Isa. lxvi. 2.

^[2251] [Elucidation V.]

^[2252] [The affectionate and general usage of primitive bishops to seek the consensus fratrum, is noteworthy.]

Epistle XVIII. Caldonius to Cyprian.

^[2253] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxiv. a.d. 250.

^[2254] [The community of this term, presbyters, has been noted. See p. 156, supra.]

^[2255] “Some” would seem to be correct (Goldhorn); but it has no authority.

^[2256] [i.e., to idols, or the imperial image.]

^[2257] “Presbyterium subministrabat;” assisted, probably as vicar or curate.

^[2258] [A very touching incident, dramatically narrated.]