cyprian
The Epistles of Cyprian
The full correspondence of a bishop steering his church through persecution, plague, and painful debate.
The Life and Passion of Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr. By Pontius the Deacon
His deacon's account of Cyprian's life, exile, and death, written by one who knew him.
The Seventh Council of Carthage under Cyprian. Concerning the Baptism of Heretics
The recorded votes of eighty-seven African bishops, each giving his own judgment in turn.
The Treatises of Cyprian: An Address to Demetrianus.
An answer to a pagan neighbour who blamed Christians for the troubles of the age.
The Treatises of Cyprian: Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus.
A collection of Scripture passages gathered to strengthen believers facing arrest.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On Jealousy and Envy.
A short treatise on the quiet damage envy does, and on the love that cures it.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Advantage of Patience.
A commendation of patience as the virtue that holds every other one together.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Dress of Virgins.
Counsel to consecrated women on modesty, adornment, and the beauty that lasts.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Lapsed.
On restoring those who gave way under persecution: neither pretending it did not happen nor closing the door.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Lord's Prayer.
An exposition of the Lord's Prayer, the earliest full treatment of it in Latin.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Mortality.
Written during plague, a pastoral word on why Christians die like others and why they need not fear.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Unity of the Church.
Cyprian's most famous treatise, on the church as one, and on what division costs.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On the Vanity of Idols: Showing that the Idols are Not Gods, and that God is One, and that Through Christ Salvation is Given to Believers.
A short argument that the idols are not gods, that God is one, and that Christ brings salvation.
The Treatises of Cyprian: On Works and Alms.
On generosity to the poor as the natural and necessary fruit of a forgiven life.
The Treatises of Cyprian: Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews.
Three books of Scripture proofs gathered under headings, made for teaching and for ready reference.
Treatises Attributed to Cyprian on Questionable Authority
Four early African treatises transmitted with Cyprian's works, though written by other hands.