Eastern Orthodox Saints in English
Eastern Orthodox Saints in English
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn Jealousy and Envy ARGUMENT.—after pointing out that jealousy or envy is a sin all the more heinous in proportion as its wickedness is hidden, and that its origin is to be traced to the devil, he gives illustrations of envy from the old testament, and gathers, by reference to special vices,…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Advantage of Patience ARGUMENT.—cyprian himself briefly sets forth the occasion of this treatise at the conclusion of his epistle to jubaianus as follows: “charity of spirit, the honour of our college, the bond of faith, and priestly concord, are maintained by us with patience and gentleness. for this reason, moreover,…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn Works and Alms ARGUMENT.—he powerfully exhorts to the manifestation of faith by works, and enforces the wisdom of offerings to the church and of bounty to the poor as the best investment of a christian’s estate. this he proves out of many scriptures. 1. Many and great, beloved brethren, are the…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Mortality ARGUMENT.—the deacon pontius in a few words unfolds the burthen of this treatise in his life of cyprian. first of all, having pointed out that afflictions of this kind had been foretold by christ, he tells them that the mortality or plague was not to be feared, in that…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn 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 ARGUMENT.—this heading embraces the three leading divisions of this treatise. the writer first of all shows that they in whose honour temples were founded, statues modelled,…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageAn Address to Demetrianus ARGUMENT.—cyprian, in reply to demetrianus the proconsul of africa, who contended that the wars, and famine, and pestilence with which the world was then plagued must be imputed to the christians because they did not worship the gods; fairly urges (having argued that all things are gradually deteriorating…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Lord’s Prayer ARGUMENT.—the treatise of cyprian on the lord’s prayer comprises three portions, in which division he imitates tertullian in his book on prayer. in the first portion, he points out that the lord’s prayer is the most excellent of all prayers, profoundly spiritual, and most effectual for obtaining our…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Lapsed ARGUMENT.—having enlarged upon the unlooked-for peace of the church, and the constancy of the confessors and those who had stood fast in the faith; and then with extreme grief having pointed to the downfall of the lapsed, and unfolded the causes of the bygone persecution, namely, the neglect of…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Dress of Virgins ARGUMENT.—cyprian celebrates the praises of discipline, and proves its usefulness from scripture. then, describing the glory, honour, and merits of virginity, and of those who had vowed and dedicated their virginity to christ, he teaches that continence not only consists in fleshly purity, but also in seemliness…
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St. Cyprian of CarthageOn the Unity of the Church ARGUMENT.—on the occasion of the schism of novatian, to keep back from him the carthaginians, who already were not averse to him, on account of novatus and some other presbyters of his church, who had originated the whole disturbance, cyprian wrote this treatise. and first of…