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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 2 · Introduction

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the forty-fourth Psalm: “My heart

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hath

breathed

out

a

good

Word

.

I

tell

my

works

to

the

King

.

”

Also

in

the

thirty

-

second

Psalm

:

“

By

the

Word

of

God

were

the

heavens

made

fast

;

and

all

their

strength

by

the

breath

of

His

mouth

.

”

Also

in

Isaiah

:

“

A

Word

completing

and

shortening

in

righteousness

,

because

a

shortened

word

will

God

make

in

the

whole

earth

.

”

Also

in

the

cvith

Psalm

:

“

He

sent

His

Word

,

and

healed

them

.

”

Moreover

,

in

the

Gospel

according

to

John

:

“

In

the

beginning

was

the

Word

,

and

the

Word

was

with

God

,

and

God

was

the

Word

.

The

same

was

in

the

beginning

with

God

.

All

things

were

made

by

Him

,

and

without

Him

was

nothing

made

that

was

made

.

In

Him

was

life

;

and

the

life

was

the

light

of

men

.

And

the

light

shineth

in

darkness

;

and

the

darkness

comprehended

it

not

.

”

Also

in

the

Apocalypse

:

“

And

I

saw

the

heaven

opened

,

and

lo

,

a

white

horse

;

and

he

who

sate

upon

him

was

called

Faithful

and

True

,

judging

rightly

and

justly

;

and

He

made

war

.

And

He

was

covered

with

a

garment

sprinkled

with

blood

;

and

His

name

is

called

the

Word

of

God

.

”

Notes

1
Ps. xlv. 1. [בוׁמ רבָדָּ, Hebrew. λογόν, Sept. Verbum, Vulg. Matter, Eng. and Angl. Psalter.]
2
Ps. xxxiii. 6.
3
Isa. x. 23.
4
Ps. cvii. 20.
5
John i. 1–5.
6
Rev. xix. 11–13.