letters of Cyprian of Carthage

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Christian epistolary literature collection of letters early Christian text

The letters of Cyprian of Carthage are a collection of third-century Christian epistles by the North African bishop Cyprian, offering key insights into early Church theology, pastoral practice, and responses to persecution and doctrinal conflict.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian epistolary literature ⓘ
collection of letters ⓘ
early Christian text ⓘ
associatedWith Church of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
North African Christianity ⓘ
author Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus non-canonical Christian literature ⓘ
date 3rd century ⓘ
discusses church unity with Rome ⓘ
confessors and martyrs ⓘ
lapsed Christians ⓘ
rebaptism of heretics ⓘ
role of the bishop ⓘ
genre epistle ⓘ
historicalContext 3rd-century Roman Empire ⓘ
Decian persecution NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valerian persecution ⓘ
includesCorrespondenceWith African bishops ⓘ
Roman clergy ⓘ
individual Christians ⓘ
influenced Latin patristic theology ⓘ
Western ecclesiology ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainTheme baptism ⓘ
church unity ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
heresy and schism ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
pastoral care ⓘ
penance ⓘ
persecution ⓘ
preservedIn Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ
providesInsightInto North African church councils NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Christian pastoral practice ⓘ
early Christian theology ⓘ
early Church discipline ⓘ
episcopal authority ⓘ
relations between bishops ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Roman province of Africa Proconsularis NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Treatises of Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
studiedIn church history ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
patristics ⓘ
theologicalTradition Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy canon lawyers ⓘ
historians of early Christianity ⓘ
later Church Fathers ⓘ

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Decian persecution → documentedIn → letters of Cyprian of Carthage ⓘ