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Cyprian correspondence, Epistle XVI

Unidentified Cyprian correspondent

Letter 16

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Author: Unidentified Cyprian correspondent

Epistle XVI.

The Confessors to Cyprian.

Argument.—A Certificate Written in the Name of the Martyrs by Lucianus.

All the confessors to father Cyprian,

greeting

.

Know

that

,

to

all

,

concerning

whom

the

account

of

what

they

have

done

since

the

commission

of

their

sin

has

been

,

in

your

estimation

,

satisfactory

,

we

have

granted

peace

;

and

we

have

desired

that

this

rescript

should

be

made

known

by

you

to

the

other

bishops

also

.

We

bid

you

to

have

peace

with

the

holy

martyrs

.

Lucianus

wrote

this

,

there

being

present

of

the

clergy

,

both

an

exorcist

and

a

reader

.

Notes

1
Oxford ed.: Ep. xxiii. a.d. 250.
2
“Cypriano Papæ,” to “Pope” Cyprian. [An instance illustrative of what is to be found on p. 54, supra. See also Elucidation III. p. 154, supra.]