Bishop of Carthage · c. 200 – 258

Cyprian of Carthage

Bishop of Carthage in a time of persecution. He wrote on the unity of the church and was martyred in 258.

Writings

1. Treatise

   On the Unity of the Church

   Why the church is one, and why division within it is a grave sin.

   34 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

2. Biography

   The Life and Passion of Cyprian

   Biography by Cyprian of Carthage.

   31 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

3. Treatise

   Treatise II: On the Dress of Virgins

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   28 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

4. Treatise

   Treatise III: On the Lapsed

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   42 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

5. Treatise

   Treatise IV: On the Lord's Prayer

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   41 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

6. Treatise

   Treatise V: An Address to Demetrianus

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   32 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

7. Treatise

   Treatise VI: On the Vanity of Idols

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   13 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

8. Treatise

   Treatise VII: On the Mortality

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   26 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

9. Treatise

   Treatise VIII: On Works and Alms

   Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

   33 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

10. Treatise

    Treatise IX: On Patience

    Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

    28 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

11. Treatise

    Treatise X: On Jealousy and Envy

    Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

    20 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

12. Treatise

    Treatise XI: Exhortation to Martyrdom, Addressed to Fortunatus

    Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

    39 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

13. Treatise · 3 parts

    Treatise XII

    Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

    160 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

14. Treatise

    The Seventh Council of Carthage

    Treatise by Cyprian of Carthage.

    25 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

15. Collection · 71 parts

    Other Writings, Part 1

    Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Cyprian of Carthage that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 1 of 2).

    387 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

16. Collection · 11 parts

    Other Writings, Part 2

    Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Cyprian of Carthage that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection (part 2 of 2).

    115 min read · translated by Robert Ernest Wallis

Portrait: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Cyprian von Karthago2” (Bwag at German Wikipedia.), public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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