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Cyprian
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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.
[2584] [Note this significant language. Our author has no conception of a pontifical system excluding the presbytery from its part and place in the councils and regimen of the Church.]
[2585] [Elucidation XV.; also Elucidation XIII.]
[2589] Ecclesiasticus 28.24 (Vulg. 28).
[2591] [It must be seen what all this implies as to the position of Cornelius and (“our brotherhood there”) his comprovincial bishops, i.e., in their relations to Cyprian.]
[2593] 2 Thess. iii. 6. [Cyprian virtually commands Cornelius, through the Apostle, what course to take. Elucidation XIII.]
[2594] 3 [Had such a letter been sent by Cornelius to Cyprian,—so full of warning, advice, and even direction,—what would not have been made of it as a “Decretal”? a.d. 252.]
Epistle LV. To the People of Thibaris, Exhorting to Martyrdom.
[2595] Oxford ed.: Ep. lviii.
[2596] Hence are suggested illustrations of good men from the beginning of the world who have suffered martyrdom, especially that which surpasses all examples, the passion of our Lord. What excitement is afforded to the endurance of martyrdom by the brave and ready enduring of the contests of the stadium and the theatre. Finally, let the reward be considered, which now, moreover, animates and influences us to sustain everything.
[2597] Occasum.
[2598] [It has been a question whether this daily reception of the communion was confined to times of persecution, or was more generally the custom. It seems to me exceptional. Freeman, vol. i. p. 383.]
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