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Cyprian
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Introductory Notice to Cyprian.
[2627] This letter was evidently written after both synods concerning the lapsed, of which mention was made above in Epistle liii.; but whether a long time or a short time after is uncertain, although the context indicates that it was written during a time of peace.
[2628] [i.e., the decree of the synod, or council.]
[2629] [See letter liv. p. 340, supra.]
[2631] [A marvellous relic of pagan ideas. A new-born babe, after its bath, makes no such impression upon civilized minds.]
[2634] [I cannot refrain from quoting a layman’s beautiful lines on the death of his son:—
“Pure from all stain save that of human clay,
Which Christ’s atoning blood had washed away.”
George Canning, a.d. 1770–1827.]
[2635] Oxford ed.: Ep. lxii. a.d. 253.
[2636] It is probable that this captivity was the work of those barbarians against whom Decius went to war and was killed.
[2642] [Primitive Christians were grateful for opportunities to distribute gifts. Rom. xii. 13.]
[2643] [An immense contribution, for the times. In our money reckoned (for temp. Decii) at $3,757. For the Augustan age it would be $4,294. The text (sestertia) dubious. Ed. Paris.
[2644] [The diptychs are here referred to; that is, lists (read at the Eucharist) in which benefactors, living or dead, were gratefully remembered. Anglice, “beadroll.”]
Epistle LX. To Euchratius, About an Actor.
[2645] Oxford ed.: Ep. ii. Circa a.d. 249.
[2646] [In the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, to the disgrace of the pontifical court, the fine music is obtained by recourse to this expedient, inflicted upon children.]
Epistle LXI. To Pomponius, Concerning Some Virgins.
[2647] Oxford ed.: Ep. iv. He suggests the kind of discipline by which virgins may be kept in their duty, and some matters concerning the power of excommunication in the Church. Circa a.d. 249.
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