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On the Unity of the Church

Saints›St. Cyprian of Carthage›On the Unity of the Church

St. Cyprian of Carthage

On the Unity of the Church

Read at the Council of Carthage, 251

Contents27 sections▾
  1. 1Chapter 1
  2. 2Chapter 2
  3. 3Chapter 3
  4. 4Chapter 4
  5. 5Chapter 5
  6. 6Chapter 6
  7. 7Chapter 7
  8. 8Chapter 8
  9. 9Chapter 9
  10. 10Chapter 10
  11. 11Chapter 11
  12. 12Chapter 12
  13. 13Chapter 13
  14. 14Chapter 14
  15. 15Chapter 15
  16. 16Chapter 16
  17. 17Chapter 17
  18. 18Chapter 18
  19. 19Chapter 19
  20. 20Chapter 20
  21. 21Chapter 21
  22. 22Chapter 22
  23. 23Chapter 23
  24. 24Chapter 24
  25. 25Chapter 25
  26. 26Chapter 26
  27. 27Chapter 27

Source: St. Cyprian of Carthage, On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I), written 251. Translated by Robert Ernest Wallis. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 5 (ed. Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson and A. Cleveland Coxe, 1886). Public domain. Source text via Wikisource. Schaff's editorial footnotes are omitted; the text is Cyprian's, unabridged.