St. Cyprian

• “If the treatise, "Quod idola non dii sint" is by St. Cyprian (d. about 258) there is no need of going beyond that date, for this treatise is based on the "Octavius".”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “Thus St. Cyprian (q.v.) in his "De lapsis" (A.D. 251) rebukes those who had fallen away in time of persecution, but he also exhorts them to penance: "Let each confess his sin while he is still in this world, while his confession can be received, while satisfaction and the forgiveness granted by the priests is acceptable to God" (c. xxix).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip

• “They have nothing to do with either St. Cyprian or St. Martin, whose days only serve as key-days to them (cf. Holy Cross and St. Lucy, as key-days to the September and December ember-days).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “We have seen a case of this in the story of St. Cyprian and Aurelian (see above).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “The opposition of this faction, however, led to no open rupture until after the outbreak of the Decian persecution in 250, when St. Cyprian was compelled to flee from the city.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “Pope Liberius for the control of booksellers 'prices, gives the works of St. Cyprian as well as the books of the Latin Bible.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “Faustinus, Bishop of Lyons, and other colleagues in Gaul are mentioned in 254 by St. Cyprian (Ep. lxviii) as opposed to Novatian, whereas Marcianus of Axles was favourable to him.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “When the baptismal controversy arose, St. Cyprian wished to gain support from the Churches of the East against Pope Stephen for his own decision to rebaptize all heretics who returned to the Church.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “St. Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, was turned out of office, exiled and practically martyred; St. Basil was persecuted by the Emperor Valens; St. Ambrose excommunicated the tyrannical Emperor Theodosius; St. Cyprian gave all his wealth to the poor, and was exiled and finally martyred.”

  The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation

• “While St. Cyprian was in exile he did not succeed in checking the revolt even though he wisely refrained from excommunicating those who differed from in regard to the treatment of the lapsi.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

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