Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), thanks the presbyters and deacons of Rome for the letter with the description of the death of their bishop, Fabian. Cyprian, Letter 9, AD 250.
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Epistvla 9
Cyprianus presbyteris et diaconibus Romae consistentibus fratribvs s[alutem].
Cyprian thanks the clergy of Rome for the letter with the description of the death of their bishop, Fabian.
(ed. Diercks 1994: 44)
Letter 9
Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons, his beloved brethren, greeting.
Cyprian thanks the clergy of Rome for the letter with the description of the death of their bishop, Fabian.
Cyprian was born probably about AD 200. He converted to Christianity in about 245 and in 248 was elected Bishop of Carthage. Soon after, the Decian persecution began (in 249/250) and Cyprian went into hiding. In 251 he returned to the city. Under Valerian, he was exiled in 257 and executed in 258. The epistolary of Cyprian consists of 81 letters (16 of them by his correspondents, and 6 synodal or collective), the majority of them are from the period of 250-251, when they were the means of Cyprian`s communication with his clergy. They offer us a wide view on the organization of the Church in Carthage in the middle of the third century, her relation with the Church of Rome, on the development of the persecutions, and on the conflicts that they caused inside the Church.
Different numerations of Cyprian's letters exist, I follow the edition of Diercks in Corpus Christianorum.
Edition:
G.F. Diercks ed., Sancti Cypriani Episcopi Epistularium. Epistulae 1-57, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 3B, Turnhout 1994.
Categories:
Writing activity - Correspondence
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior
Ecclesiastical administration
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1081, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1081
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