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The Life and Passion of Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr. By Pontius the Deacon

Pontius the Deacon

Section 4

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Author: Pontius the Deacon

4. He had a close association among

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us

with

a

just

man

,

and

of

praiseworthy

memory

,

by

name

Cæcilius

,

and

in

age

as

well

as

in

honour

a

presbyter

,

who

had

converted

him

from

his

worldly

errors

to

the

acknowledgment

of

the

true

divinity

.

This

man

he

loved

with

entire

honour

and

all

observance

,

regarding

him

with

an

obedient

veneration

,

not

only

as

the

friend

and

comrade

of

his

soul

,

but

as

the

parent

of

his

new

life

.

And

at

length

he

,

influenced

by

his

attentions

,

was

,

as

well

he

might

be

,

stimulated

to

such

a

pitch

of

excessive

love

,

that

when

he

was

departing

from

this

world

,

and

his

summons

was

at

hand

,

he

commended

to

him

his

wife

and

children

;

so

that

him

whom

he

had

made

a

partner

in

the

fellowship

of

his

way

of

life

,

he

afterwards

made

the

heir

of

his

affection

.