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Cyprian of Carthage

Section 32

About this work

Cyprian addresses Christians who sacrificed or obtained certificates during persecution, balancing rebuke, repentance, pastoral restoration, the claims of confessors, and the discipline of the church.

Author: Cyprian of Carthage
Date: c. AD 251
Origin: Carthage, North Africa
Genre: Theological Treatise

32. These things were done by men, meek,

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simple

,

innocent

,

in

deserving

well

of

the

majesty

of

God

;

and

now

those

who

have

denied

the

Lord

refuse

to

make

atonement

to

the

Lord

,

and

to

entreat

Him

.

I

beg

you

,

brethren

,

acquiesce

in

wholesome

remedies

,

obey

better

counsels

,

associate

your

tears

with

our

tears

,

join

your

groans

with

ours

;

we

beseech

you

in

order

that

we

may

beseech

God

for

you

:

we

turn

our

very

prayers

to

you

first

;

our

prayers

with

which

we

pray

God

for

you

that

He

would

pity

you

.

Repent

abundantly

,

prove

the

sorrow

of

a

grieving

and

lamenting

mind

.

Notes

82
[Sec. 29, supra. “While still in this world.”]