Cyprian of Carthage
Western Church Fatherc. 210–258 ADPatristic
Who was Cyprian of Carthage?
Cyprian of Carthage (c. 210–258 AD) was a patristic theologian. Bishop of Carthage and martyr whose writings on church unity, the lapsed, and baptism shaped ecclesiology. His treatise On the Unity of the Church remains a landmark text on the nature of the visible church.
What did Cyprian of Carthage write?
Cyprian of Carthage's key works include On the Unity of the Church, On the Lapsed and Letters.
- On the Unity of the Church
- On the Lapsed
- Letters