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.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian treatise
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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
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prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian conversion
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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
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critique of pagan morals ⓘ personal experience of conversion ⓘ |
| transmittedIn | manuscript tradition of Cyprian ⓘ |
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