Cyprian and Novatian

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Much of the mid-third century is scantily documented for both secular and Church history. We are fortunate, however, to have an abundance of material concerning Cyprian and the church in Carthage for the ten-year period from May 248 to September 258. All of Cyprian’s twelve, or thirteen, treatises have survived, plus eighty-two letters from his extensive correspondence. There are, in addition, a Vita Cypriani written shortly after Cyprian’s death by his deacon, Pontius, and the Acta Proconsularia Cypriani.

Our sources, however, are almost exclusively concerned with Cyprian’s career as bishop. We know nothing certain about his birth or family. From references to his property, gifts, and the social status of some of his friends, it is assumed that he came from a Carthaginian family of wealth and rank. C. A. Bobertz has argued that he belonged to the social strata of municipal decuriones. Jerome says that he had taught rhetoric before his conversion by the presbyter Caecilius (Vir. Ill. 67). The date of his conversion (245–6) is also a matter of conjecture. Cyprian describes his conversion in the Ad Donatum, but in a general and ‘rhetorically stylized’ way.

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Cyprian Catholic Church Novatian baptism Carthage Rome

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Information: The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature , pp. 152 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521460835.015 [Opens in a new window]

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