Saint Cyprian of Carthage

The Treatises of Cyprian

Name: The Treatises of Cyprian
Author: Saint Cyprian of Carthage

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3rd c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 1890

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On the Unity of the Church
On the Dress of Virgins
On the Lapsed
On the Lord's Prayer
An Address to Demetrianus
On the Vanity of Idols: Showing That the Idols Are Not Gods, and That God is…
On the Mortality
On Works and Alms
On the Advantage of Patience
On Jealousy and Envy
Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus.
Preface
Heads of the Following Book
That Idols Are Not Gods, and That the Elements Are Not to Be Worshipped in the…
That God Alone Must Be Worshipped
What is God's Threatening Against Those Who Sacrifice to Idols?
That God Does Not Easily Pardon Idolaters
That God is So Angry Against Idolatry, That He Has Even Enjoined Those to Be…
That, Being Redeemed and Quickened by the Blood of Christ, We Ought to Prefer…
That Those Who Are Snatched From the Jaws of the Devil, and Delivered From the…
That We Must Press on and Persevere in Faith and Virtue, and in Completion of…
That Afflictions and Persecutions Arise for the Sake of Our Being Proved
That Injuries and Penalties of Persecutions Are Not to Be Feared by Us, Because…
That it Was Before Predicted That the World Would Hold Us in Abhorrence, and…
What Hope and Reward Remains for the Righteous and for Martyrs After the…
That We Receive More as the Reward of Our Suffering Than What We Endure Here in…
Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews.
Book I.
Heads
That the Jews Have Fallen Under the Heavy Wrath of God Because They Have…
Also Because They Did Not Believe the Prophets, and Put Them to Death
That it Was Previously Foretold That They Would Neither Know the Lord, nor…
That the Jews Would Not Understand the Holy Scriptures, but That They Would Be…
That the Jews Could Understand Nothing of the Scriptures Unless They First…
That the Jews Should Lose Jerusalem, and Should Leave the Land Which They Had…
Also That They Should Lose the Light of the Lord
That the First Circumcision of the Flesh is Made Void, and the Second…
That the Former Law Which Was Given by Moses Was to Cease
That a New Law Was to Be Given
That Another Dispensation and a New Covenant Was to Be Given
That the Old Baptism Should Cease, and a New One Should Begin
That the Old Yoke Should Be Made Void, and a New Yoke Should Be Given
That the Old Pastors Should Cease and New Ones Begin
That Christ Should Be the House and Temple of God, and That the Old Temple…
That the Ancient Sacrifice Should Be Made Void, and a New One Should Be…
That the Old Priesthood Should Cease, and a New Priest Should Come, Who Should…
That Another Prophet Such as Moses Was Promised, to Wit, One Who Should Give a…
That Two Peoples Were Foretold, the Elder and the Younger; That is, the Old…
That the Church Which Before Had Been Barren Should Have More Children From…
That the Gentiles Should Rather Believe in Christ
That the Jews Would Lose While We Should Receive the Bread and the Cup of…
That the Gentiles Rather Than the Jews Attain to the Kingdom of Heaven
That by This Alone the Jews Can Receive Pardon of Their Sins, if They Wash Away…
Book II.
Heads (i)
That Christ is the First-born, and That He is the Wisdom of God, by Whom All…
That Christ is the Wisdom of God; and Concerning the Sacrament of His…
That the Same Christ is the Word of God
That Christ is the Hand and Arm of God
That Christ is at Once Angel and God
That Christ is God
That Christ Our God Should Come, the Enlightener and Saviour of the Human Race
That Although From the Beginning He Had Been the Son of God, Yet He Had to Be…
That This Should Be the Sign of His Nativity, That He Should Be Born of a…
That Christ is Both Man and God, Compounded of Both Natures, That He Might Be a…
That Christ Was to Be Born of the Seed of David, According to the Flesh
That Christ Should Be Born in Bethlehem
That Christ Was to Come in Low Estate in His First Advent
That He is the Righteous One Whom the Jews Should Put to Death
That Christ is Called a Sheep and a Lamb Who Was to Be Slain, and Concerning…
That Christ Also is Called a Stone
That Afterwards This Stone Should Become a Mountain, and Should Fill the Whole…
That in the Last Times the Same Mountain Should Be Manifested, and Upon it the…
That Christ is the Bridegroom, Having the Church as His Bride, From Which…
That the Jews Would Fasten Christ to the Cross
That in the Passion and the Sign of the Cross is All Virtue and Power
That in This Sign of the Cross is Salvation for All People Who Are Marked on…
That at Mid-day in His Passion There Should Be Darkness
That He Was Not to Be Overcome of Death, nor Should Remain in Hades
That He Should Rise Again From the Dead on the Third Day
That After He Had Risen Again He Should Receive From His Father All Power, and…
That it is Impossible to Attain to God the Father, Except by His Son Jesus…
That Jesus Christ Shall Come as a Judge
That He Will Reign as a King for Ever
That He Himself is Both Judge and King
Book III.
Preface (i, 2)
Heads (ii)
Of the Benefit of Good Works and Mercy
In Works and Alms, Even if by Smallness of Power Less Be Done, That the Will…
That Charity and Brotherly Affection Are to Be Religiously and Stedfastly…
That We Must Boast in Nothing, Since Nothing is Our Own
That Humility and Quietness Are to Be Maintained in All Things
That All Good and Righteous Men Suffer More, but Ought to Endure Because They…
That We Must Not Grieve the Holy Spirit, Whom We Have Received
That Anger Must Be Overcome, Lest it Constrain Us to Sin
That Brethren Ought to Support One Another
That We Must Trust in God Only, and in Him We Must Glory
That He Who Has Attained to Trust, Having Put Off the Former Man, Ought to…
That We Must Not Swear
That We Must Not Curse
That We Must Never Murmur, but Bless God Concerning All Things That Happen
That Men Are Tried by God for This Purpose, That They May Be Proved
Of the Benefits of Martyrdom
That What We Suffer in This World is of Less Account Than is the Reward Which…
That Nothing is to Be Preferred to the Love of God and Christ
That We Are Not to Obey Our Own Will, but the Will of God
That the Foundation and Strength of Hope and Faith is Fear
That We Must Not Rashly Judge of Another
That When We Have Received a Wrong, We Must Remit and Forgive It
That Evil is Not to Be Returned for Evil
That it is Impossible to Attain to the Father but by His Son Jesus Christ
That Unless a Man Have Been Baptized and Born Again, He Cannot Attain Unto the…
That it is of Small Account to Be Baptized and to Receive the Eucharist, Unless…
That Even a Baptized Person Loses the Grace That He Has Attained, Unless He…
That Remission Cannot in the Church Be Granted Unto Him Who Has Sinned Against…
That it Was Before Predicted, Concerning the Hatred of the Name
That What Any One Has Vowed to God, He Must Quickly Repay
That He Who Does Not Believe is Judged Already
Of the Benefit of Virginity and of Continency
That the Father Judgeth Nothing, but the Son; and That the Father is Not…
That the Believer Ought Not to Live Like the Gentile
That God is Patient for This End, That We May Repent of Our Sin, and Be Reformed
That a Woman Ought Not to Be Adorned in a Worldly Fashion
That the Believer Ought Not to Be Punished for Other Offences, Except for the…
That the Servant of God Ought to Be Innocent, Lest He Fall Into Secular…
That There is Given to Us an Example of Living in Christ
That We Must Not Labour Noisily nor Boastfully
That We Must Not Speak Foolishly and Offensively
That Faith is of Advantage Altogether, and That We Can Do as Much as We Believe
That He Who Believes Can Immediately Obtain (I.e., Pardon and Peace)
That Believers Who Differ Among Themselves Ought Not to Refer to a Gentile Judge
That Hope is of Future Things, and Therefore That Our Faith Concerning Those…
That a Woman Ought to Be Silent in the Church
That it Arises From Our Fault and Our Desert That We Suffer, and Do Not…
That We Must Not Take Usury
That Even Our Enemies Must Be Loved
That the Sacrament of Faith Must Not Be Profaned
That No One Should Be Uplifted in His Labour
That the Liberty of Believing or of Not Believing is Placed in Free Choice
That the Secrets of God Cannot Be Seen Through, and Therefore That Our Faith…
That No One is Without Filth and Without Sin
That We Must Not Please Men, but God
That Nothing That is Done is Hidden From God
That the Believer is Amended and Reserved
That No One Should Be Made Sad by Death; Since in Living is Labour and Peril…
Of the Idols Which the Gentiles Think to Be Gods
That Too Great Lust of Food is Not to Be Desired
That the Lust of Possessing, and Money, Are Not to Be Sought For
That Marriage is Not to Be Contracted With Gentiles
That the Sin of Fornication is Grievous
What Are Those Carnal Things Which Beget Death, and What Are the Spiritual…
That All Sins Are Put Away in Baptism
That the Discipline of God is to Be Observed in Church Precepts
That it Was Foretold That Men Should Despise Sound Discipline
That We Must Depart From Him Who Lives Irregularly and Contrary to Discipline
That the Kingdom of God is Not in the Wisdom of the World, nor in Eloquence…
That We Must Obey Parents
And That Fathers Also Should Not Be Harsh in Respect of Their Children
That Servants, When They Have Believed, Ought to Serve Their Carnal Masters the…
Moreover, That Masters Should Be the More Gentle
That All Widows That Are Approved Are to Be Held in Honour
That Every Person Ought to Have Care Rather of His Own People, and Especially…
That an Elder Must Not Be Rashly Accused
That the Sinner Must Be Publicly Reproved
That We Must Not Speak With Heretics
That Innocency Asks With Confidence, and Obtains
That the Devil Has No Power Against Man Unless God Have Allowed It
That Wages Be Quickly Paid to the Hireling
That Divination Must Not Be Used
That a Tuft of Hair is Not to Be Worn on the Head
That the Beard Must Not Be Plucked
That We Must Rise When a Bishop or a Presbyter Comes
That a Schism Must Not Be Made, Even Although He Who Withdraws Should Remain in…
That Believers Ought to Be Simple, With Prudence
That a Brother Must Not Be Deceived
That the End of the World Comes Suddenly
That a Wife Must Not Depart From Her Husband; or if She Should Depart, She Must…
That Every One is Tempted So Much as He is Able to Bear
That Not Everything is to Be Done Which is Lawful
That it Was Foretold That Heresies Would Arise
That the Eucharist is to Be Received With Fear and Honour
That We Are to Live With the Good, but to Avoid the Evil
That We Must Labour Not With Words, but With Deeds
That We Must Hasten to Faith and to Attainment
That the Catechumen Ought Now No Longer to Sin
That Judgment Will Be According to the Times, Either of Equity Before the Law…
That the Grace of God Ought to Be Without Price
That the Holy Spirit Has Frequently Appeared in Fire
That All Good Men Ought Willingly to Hear Rebuke
That We Must Abstain From Much Speaking
That We Must Not Lie
That They Are Frequently to Be Corrected Who Do Wrong in Domestic Duty
That When a Wrong is Received, Patience is to Be Maintained, and Vengeance to…
That We Must Not Use Detraction
That We Must Not Lay Snares Against Our Neighbour
That the Sick Are to Be Visited
That Tale-bearers Are Accursed
That the Sacrifices of the Wicked Are Not Acceptable
That Those Are More Severely Judged, Who in This World Have Had More Power
That the Widow and Orphans Ought to Be Protected
That One Ought to Make Confession While He is in the Flesh
That Flattery is Pernicious
That God is More Loved by Him Who Has Had Many Sins Forgiven in Baptism
That There is a Strong Conflict to Be Waged Against the Devil, and That…
Also of Antichrist, That He Will Come as a Man
That the Yoke of the Law Was Heavy, Which is Cast Off by Us, and That the…
That We Are to Be Urgent in Prayers
Elucidations

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