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Cyprian

His Life, His Times, His Work

By: Edward White Benson

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Paperback | 18 October 2004

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Chronology of the Times and Writings of Cyprian	p. xxi
Introduction: Carthage and her Society	p. xxv
The Last of the Long Peace
Cyprian's Preparation in Heathendom	p. 1
Cyprian's Preparation under the Church	p. 7
'That Idols are not Gods'	p. 10
Lay-work	p. 13
'To Donatus' ['The Grace of God']	p. 13
Cyprian Deacon	p. 17
Presbyterate	p. 19
Helps to Laymen's Scripture Studies	p. 22
'To Quirinus' ['Testimonies']	p. 22
Cyprian made Pope of Carthage	p. 25
Cyprian's Title of 'Papa'	p. 29
Cyprian's view of the Authority and the Design of the Episcopate	p. 31
Divergence of Cyprian's from Modern Views	p. 35
A Bishop's Work uphill	p. 41
Discipline-Clerical and Lay	p. 44
Of Clerics not to be 'Tutores'	p. 47
Of Christians not to train for the Stage	p. 51
The Eighteen Months continued. Virginal Life in Carthage	p. 51
Literary Character of the Book 'Of the Dress of Virgins'	p. 57
The Decian Persecution
The Roman Theory of Persecution	p. 60
The Outbreak of the Decian Persecution-Rom	p. 64
Of Genuinences in Nomenclature	p. 72
On Etecusa and Numeria	p. 74
The Persecution at Carthage
The 'Stantes	p. 75
The 'Lapsi'	p. 79
On the Form and Contents of the Libelli	p. 82
The Retirement of Cyprian	p. 84
Interference of the Church of Rome	p. 87
The Lapsed and the Martyrs	p. 89
The Cyprianic Scheme for Restorative Discipline	p. 95
On the 'Proof' of Roman Confession which is derived from these events	p. 98
The adopted policy was Carthaginian, not Roman	p. 99
On the Thirteen Epistles of which Cyprian sent copies to the Romans	p. 102
Diocesan Disquietudes	p. 106
Declaration of Parties-Novatus and Felicissimus	p. 108
Budinarius and Sarcinatrix	p. 117
Growth of the Opposition at Rome-The Confessors and Novatian	p. 118
Sequel of the Persecution
Cyprian's 'First Council of Carthage'
The Title of Cornelius	p. 129
Decision on Felicissimus	p. 131
Novatianism	p. 134
Four different Pictures from the year 250	p. 148
Of Cyprian before his own Presbyters	p. 148
Of Cyprian before the Roman Presbyters	p. 150
Of Felicissimus as a more faithful representative of the Church	p. 153
Of the Evanescence of Novatus under Ritschl's Analysis	p. 154
The Decision on the Lapsed	p. 156
Advance of Novatianism-Return of the Confessors	p. 159
Continued Action against Novatianism-Roman Council of A.D. 251, Antiochene of A.D. 252	p. 163
Difficulties in identifying Hippolytus, through whom Dionysius wrote to the Romans, with Hippolytus of Portus	p. 169
Why is Dionysius' Epistle to the Romans called [characters not reproducible]?	p. 171
Constitutional Results of the First Council	p. 172
Corollaries:-Puritanism: Saint-Merit: Flight from Suffering. The 'De Lapsis'	p. 174
Mai's supposed Fragment of Cyprian	p. 179
Cyprian 'of the Unity of the Catholic Church'
Time and Substance of the Treatise	p. 180
Two Questions on Cyprianic Unity	p. 186
Was it a theory of Conviction or of Policy?
Does it involve Roman Unity?
Catena of Cyprianic passages on the Unity signified in the Charge to Peter	p. 197
The Appeal of the modern Church of Rome to Cyprian on 'The Unity of the Catholic Church'-by way of Interpolation	p. 200
How to make the best of the Forgeries now	p. 219
Note on the Citation from Pelagius II	p. 220
The Harvest of the New Legislation
The softening of the Penances-'The Second Council'	p. 222
The Effect on Felicissimus and his Party	p. 225
The Legacy of Clerical Appeals under the Law of the Lapsed- 'The Third and Fourth Councils.' Episcopal Cases. The Spanish Appeal against Rome	p. 230
Expansion of Human Feeling and Energy
The Church in relation to Physical Suffering
Within itself.-The Berber Raid	p. 236
Of Genuineness Geographical	p. 239
The Church in relation to Heathen Suffering.-The Plague	p. 240
The Theory.-Unconditional Altruism. 'Of Work and Almsdeeds'	p. 246
Resentment.-'To Demetrian'	p. 249
Of the Style of the Demetrian	p. 256
The Interpretation of Sorrows	p. 256
'On the Mortality'	p. 260
'To Fortunatus' ['Exhortation to Martyrdom']	p. 264
Intelligent Devotion.-'On the Lord's Praver'	p. 267
Table shewing the Verbal Debts to Tertullian in Cyprian's Treatise De Dominica Oratione	p. 275
On the Characteristics and Genuineness of the De Dominica Oratione	p. 280
Comparison clucidating the Dates	p. 287
Ritual
The Mixed Cup	p. 289
The Age of Baptism	p. 295
Objection to Council III. on account of its Antipelagianism	p. 297
The Roman Chair
The End of Cornelius	p. 298
The Sitting of Lucius	p. 304
Stephanus. The Church not identified with or represented by Rome	p. 307
The Spanish Appeal	p. 311
The Gaulish Appeal	p. 314
Intercalary: Presbyters as Members of Administration	p. 323

The Baptismal Question	p. 331

The Tradition of Africa	p. 335
The Tradition of Asia Minor East	p. 339

Position of the Leaders-Cyprian and Stephen	p. 342
Dates (Council of Iconium and other)	p. 347
Acts and Documents	p. 349
Fifth Council, First on Baptism	p. 349
Sixth Council, Second on Baptism	p. 351
Did Stephen excommunicate the Bishops of the East?	p. 354
Dionysius the Great	p. 354
That there is no reason to suppose letters are missing from the Correspondence with Stephen	p. 360
That the Epistle to Pompey (Ep. 74) and Stephen's Epistle quoted therein are earlier than the Third Council	p. 361
That Ep. 72 to Stephen is rightly put down to the Second Council, not the Third	p. 362
That Quietus of Buruc who spoke in the Seventh Council is Quintus the Mauretanian, Recipient of Ep. 71	p. 363
Seventh Council, Third on Baptism	p. 364
Firmilian and his Letter	p. 372
On the Genuineness of the Epistle of Firmilian	p. 377
Quotations of Scripture in Firmilian	p. 386
Basil and the Letter of Firmilian	p. 388
The Nameless Author 'on Rebaptism'	p. 390
The Arguments	p. 399
Cyprian's
Objective	p. 401
Subjective	p. 405
Baptism in the Name of Christ alone	p. 406
Historical	p. 408
Biblical	p. 411
Stephen's Arguments	p. 413
On the Force of Stephen's Nihil innovetur nisi	p. 421
Ecclesiastical Results
The Unbroken Unity	p. 423
The Baptismal Councils failed doctrinally-and why	p. 424
The Catholic and the Ultramontane Estimate of Cyprian	p. 432
Expansion of Christian Feeling and Energy (Resumed)
The Secret of Conduct	p. 437
'Of the Good of Patience'	p. 437
'Of Jealousy and Envy'	p. 448
The Persecution of Valerian

The Edict and its occasions	p. 456
Macrian. The 'Uprising of Nations'	p. 457
On Kephron and the Lands of Kolluthion	p. 463
Treatment of Cyprian	p. 464
Numidian Bishop-Confessors	p. 471
'To Fortunatus' ['Of Encouragement to Confessorship']	p. 474
Rome. Accession of Xystus and his immunity	p. 475

The Rescript	p. 477
Rome. The Exclusion from the Cemeteries	p. 481
Memorials of Xystus and his Martyrdom	p. 487

The Birthday	p. 493
Where was Cyprian Martyr buried?	p. 509
Where was Cyprian tried and executed?	p. 512
The Dress of Cyprian	p. 513
The Soldiers and Officers named in the Trial	p. 516
Of the Massa Candida	p. 517
Acta Proconsularia	p. 518
Aftermath
Appendices
'Principalis Ecclesia,' Note on the meaning of Principalis (p. 192)	p. 537
Additional note on Libelli and two extant specimens of them (pp. 81-84)	p. 541
The Intrigue about Manutius' Text. Visconti's Letter (p. 212)	p. 544
The Intrigue about the Benedictine Text. Additional note on du Mabaret (p. 213)	p. 546
Text of the Interpolation in De Unitate c. IV. with new collations	p. 547
On points in the Chronology of Valerian's Reign (pp. 456 sqq.)	p. 552
On the nameless Epistle Ad Novatianum and the attribution of it to Xystus (p. 476)	p. 557
Examination of the Lists of the Bishops attending the Councils. (Genuineness. Seniority)	p. 565
The Cities from which the Bishops came to the Seventh Council on the First of September, A.D. 256	p. 573
On S. Cyprian's Day in Kalendars. And how it came to be in England on the 26th instead of the 14th of September	p. 610
Maps
The Cemeteries on the Appian Way near Rome	p. 481
Carthage (Environs of)	p. 509
Proconsular Africa and Numidia to illustrate the writings of Cyprian	p. 573
Woodcuts
Loculus of Fabian	p. 66
Loculus of Cornelius	p. 124
Loculus of Maximus	p. 162
Coins of Cornelia Salonina	p. 300
Ninth Century figures of Cyprian and Cornelius from the Cemetery of Callistus	p. 302
Loculus of Lucius	p. 306
Well of the Legend of Stephen's baptizing in Cemetery of Domitilla	p. 332
List of Books quoted	p. 621
Index	p. 626
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