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Cyprian correspondence, Epistle XLVII

Unidentified Cyprian correspondent

Letter 47

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Author: Unidentified Cyprian correspondent

Epistle XLVII.

Cornelius to Cyprian, Concerning the Faction of Novatian with His Party.

Argument.—Cornelius Gives Cyprian an Account of the Faction of Novatian.

Cornelius to Cyprian his brother, greeting

.

That

nothing

might

be

wanting

to

the

future

punishment

of

this

wretched

man

,

when

cast

down

by

the

powers

of

God

,

(

on

the

expulsion

by

you

of

Maximus

,

and

Longinus

,

and

Machæus

;

)

he

has

risen

again

;

and

,

as

I

intimated

in

my

former

letter

which

I

sent

to

you

by

Augendus

the

confessor

,

I

think

that

Nicostratus

,

and

Novatus

,

and

Evaristus

,

and

Primus

,

and

Dionysius

,

have

already

come

thither

.

Therefore

let

care

be

taken

that

it

be

made

known

to

all

our

co

-

bishops

and

brethren

,

that

Nicostratus

is

accused

of

many

crimes

,

and

that

not

only

has

he

committed

frauds

and

plunders

on

his

secular

patroness

,

whose

affairs

he

managed

;

but

,

moreover

(

which

is

reserved

to

him

for

a

perpetual

punishment

)

,

he

has

abstracted

no

small

deposits

of

the

Church

;

that

Evaristus

has

been

the

author

of

a

schism

;

and

that

Zetus

has

been

appointed

bishop

in

his

room

,

and

his

successor

to

the

people

over

whom

he

had

previously

presided

.

But

he

contrived

greater

and

worse

things

by

his

malice

and

insatiable

wickedness

than

those

which

he

was

then

always

practising

among

his

own

people

;

so

that

you

may

know

what

kind

of

leaders

and

protectors

that

schismatic

and

heretic

constantly

had

joined

to

his

side

.

I

bid

you

,

dearest

brother

,

ever

heartily

fare

well

.

Notes

1
Oxford ed.: Ep. l. a.d. 251.