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Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage (North Africa), informs the Roman presbyters and deacons about the lapsed demanding reconciliation in Carthage. The Roman clergy agree with the decisions taken by Cyprian. Letters 35 and 36 in the epistolary of Cyprian, AD 250.
Epistula 35
 
Cyprianus presbyteris et diaconibus Romae consistentibvs fratribus s[alutem].
 
Cyprian informs the Roman clergy about the lapsed demanding reconciliation in Carthage.
 
Epistula 36
 
Cypriano papati presbyteri et diacones Romae consistentes s[alutem].
 
The Roman clergy agree with the decisions taken by Cyprian.
 
(ed. Diercks 1994: 171-176)
Letter 35
 
Cyprian to the presbyters and deacons abiding at Rome, his brethren, greeting.
 
Cyprian informs the Roman clergy about the lapsed demanding reconciliation in Carthage.
 
Letter 36
 
The presbyters and deacons abiding at Rome, to Papa Cyprian, greeting.
 
The Roman clergy agree with the decisions taken by Cyprian.
 

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
  • Rome
City
  • Carthage
  • Rome

About the source:

Author: Cyprian
Title: Letters, Epistulae, Epistolae
Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
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.
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Categories:

Writing activity - Correspondence
    Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
      Ritual activity - Reconciliation/Administering penance
        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, ER1240, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1240
            Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
            last edited: 2018-07-25 10:47:34
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