Ad Donatum

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Ad Donatum is an early Christian treatise by Cyprian of Carthage, written as a reflective dialogue on his conversion and the moral and spiritual transformation of the Christian life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian treatise
Latin prose work
early Christian literature
approximateDate c. 246–248
associatedWith North African Christianity NERFINISHED
author Cyprian of Carthage NERFINISHED
century 3rd century
circulatedAs pastoral exhortation
dedicatedTo Donatus NERFINISHED
focusesOn Christian virtues
inner renewal by grace
renunciation of pagan vices
genre Christian apologetic work
spiritual treatise
influenced later Latin Christian spirituality
influencedBy early Latin Christian tradition
language Latin
literaryForm dialogue
prose
mainTheme Christian conversion
contrast between pagan and Christian life
moral transformation
spiritual transformation
partOf Cyprianic corpus NERFINISHED
perspective first-person account of conversion
placeOfOrigin Carthage NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Christianity
structure address to a friend
subjectMatter Christian way of life
critique of pagan morals
personal experience of conversion
transmittedIn manuscript tradition of Cyprian

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Cyprian of Carthage notableWork Ad Donatum