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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

About this work

Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In the Apocalypse: “And there came one of

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the

seven

angels

having

vials

,

and

approached

me

,

saying

,

Come

,

I

will

show

thee

the

condemnation

of

the

great

whore

,

who

sitteth

upon

many

waters

,

with

whom

the

kings

of

the

earth

have

committed

fornication

.

And

I

saw

a

woman

who

sate

upon

a

beast

.

And

that

woman

was

clothed

with

a

purple

and

scarlet

robe

;

and

she

was

adorned

with

gold

,

and

precious

stones

,

and

pearls

,

holding

a

golden

cup

in

her

hand

full

of

curses

,

and

impurity

,

and

fornication

of

the

whole

earth

.

”

Also

to

Timothy

:

“

Let

your

women

be

such

as

adorn

themselves

with

shamefacedness

and

modesty

,

not

with

twisted

hair

,

nor

with

gold

,

nor

with

pearls

,

or

precious

garments

,

but

as

becometh

women

professing

chastity

,

with

a

good

conversation

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

in

the

Epistle

of

Peter

to

the

people

at

Pontus

:

“

Let

there

be

in

a

woman

not

the

outward

adorning

of

ornament

,

or

of

gold

,

or

of

apparel

,

but

the

adorning

of

the

heart

.

”

Also

in

Genesis

:

“

Thamar

covered

herself

with

a

cloak

,

and

adorned

herself

;

and

when

Judah

beheld

her

,

she

appeared

to

him

to

be

a

harlot

.

”

Notes

1
Rev. xvii. 1–4.
2
1 Tim. ii. 9, 10.
3
1 Pet. iii. 4. [This limitation to “Pontus” is curious.]
4
Gen. xxxviii. 14, 15.