Cyprian

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^[2280] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxvii. a.d. 250.

^[2281] Some read, “his mother and sisters, who had fallen.”

^[2282] [A Cyprianic aphorism applicable to the “The Fathers.”]

^[2283] Gal. i. 6-9. [Applicable to the new Marian dogma.]

Epistle XXIII. To the Clergy, on the Letters Sent to Rome, and About the Appointment of Saturus as Reader, and Optatus as Sub-Deacon. a.d. 250.

^[2284] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxix. The numbering of the epistles has hitherto been in accordance with Migne’s edition of the text: but as he here follows a typographical error in numbering the epistle “xxiv.,” and all the subsequent ones accordingly, it has been thought better to continue the correct order in this translation. In each case, therefore, after this, the number of the epistle in the translation will be one earlier than in Migne.

^[2285] Not “teachers and presbyters,” as in the Oxford translation, but “teaching presbyters.” For these were a distinct class of presbyters—all not being teachers,—and these were to be judges of the fitness of such as were to be teachers of the hearers. [According to Cyprian’s theory, all presbyters shared in the government and celebrated the Lord’s Supper, but only the more learned and gifted were preachers. 1 Tim. iv. 17.]

Epistle XXIV. To Moyses and Maximus and the Rest of the Confessors.

^[2286] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxviii. [The See of Rome was now vacant by the death of Fabian. a.d. 250. See letter xxiv. infra.]

^[2287] Matt. xxviii. 18-20.

^[2288] 1 John ii. 3, 4.

^[2289] “And not to become a martyr for the Lord’s sake” (or, “by the Lord’s help”), “and to endeavour to overthrow the Lord’s precepts.” Baluz. reads “præter,” but in notes, “propter,” while most mss. read “per Dominum.”

Epistle XXV. Moyses, Maximus, Nicostratus, and the Other Confessors Answer the Foregoing Letter. a.d. 250.

^[2290] Oxford ed.: Ep. xxxi. [This epistle shows that Cyprian’s gentle reproof of their former implied regret at his retreat (see p. 280, supra) had been effective.]

^[2291] [Note this testimony to the universality of the persecution. Vol. iv. p. 125, this series.]

^[2292] Supplicia sua post fidem amare cœpisse.

^[2293] Matt. x. 37, 38.

^[2294] Matt. v. 10-12.

^[2295] Matt. x. 18; xxi. 22.

^[2296] Rev. iii. 21.

^[2297] Rom. viii. 35.

^[2298] [Note the power of Holy Scripture in creating and supporting the martyr-spirit.]

^[2299] [See valuable note, Oxford translation, p. 71.]

^[2300] Lit. “of our postponement.”

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