Cyprian and Roman Carthage

Contents : Introduction - 1. Cyprian's life and controversies - 2. Cyprian's background in Roman Carthage - 3. Historiography in the age of decius - 4. decius' religious policy and political rhetoric - 5. The Decian persecution - 6. The Church of the Martyrs - 7. Stephen's challenge to the sacrament...

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Author:Allen Brent
Published: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
Language:English
Total Pages:XV-365 p.
ISBN:978-0-521-51547-4
Format:Book
Topic:- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > General historical studies > Roman / Christian Africa > Crisis > Crisis of the 3th century
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > General historical studies > Roman / Christian Africa > Persecutions
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > Saints and Martyrs
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > Saints and Martyrs > Cult of the saints - martyrs
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > Saints and Martyrs > African martyrs
- Biography > Background > Northern Africa > Church, Liturgy, African Monachism > African Donatism
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Cyprian / Pseudo Cyprian > Cyprian
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Summary:Contents : Introduction - 1. Cyprian's life and controversies - 2. Cyprian's background in Roman Carthage - 3. Historiography in the age of decius - 4. decius' religious policy and political rhetoric - 5. The Decian persecution - 6. The Church of the Martyrs - 7. Stephen's challenge to the sacramentum unitatis - 8. A final postscript : Cyprian's legacy