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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 1 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Jeremiah: “Thus saith the Lord to the

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men

of

Judah

,

and

to

them

who

inhabit

Jerusalem

,

Renew

newness

among

you

,

and

do

not

sow

among

thorns

:

circumcise

yourselves

to

your

God

,

and

circumcise

the

foreskin

of

your

heart

;

lest

my

anger

go

forth

like

fire

,

and

burn

you

up

,

and

there

be

none

to

extinguish

it

.

”

Also

Moses

says

:

“

In

the

last

days

God

will

circumcise

thy

heart

,

and

the

heart

of

thy

seed

,

to

love

the

Lord

thy

God

.

”

Also

in

Jesus

the

son

of

Nave

:

“

And

the

Lord

said

unto

Jesus

,

Make

thee

small

knives

of

stone

,

very

sharp

,

and

set

about

to

circumcise

the

children

of

Israel

for

the

second

time

.

”

Paul

also

,

to

the

Colossians

:

“

Ye

are

circumcised

with

the

circumcision

not

made

with

hands

in

the

putting

off

of

the

flesh

,

but

with

the

circumcision

of

Christ

.

”

Also

,

because

Adam

was

first

made

by

God

uncircumcised

,

and

righteous

Abel

,

and

Enoch

,

who

pleased

God

and

was

translated

;

and

Noah

,

who

,

when

the

world

and

men

were

perishing

on

account

of

transgressions

,

was

chosen

alone

,

that

in

him

the

human

race

might

be

preserved

;

and

Melchizedek

,

the

priest

according

to

whose

order

Christ

was

promised

.

Then

,

because

that

sign

did

not

avail

women

,

but

all

are

sealed

by

the

sign

of

the

Lord

.

Notes

1
Jer. iv. 3, 4.
2
Deut. xxx. 6.
3
Josh. v. 2.
4
Col. ii. 11.
5
This appears to be the natural reading, but it rests on slight authority; the better accredited reading being “seminis” for “feminis.”