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| To the Same, on His Having Sent Letters to the Confessors Whom Novatian Had Seduced.
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Epistle XLII.2418
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Oxford ed.: Ep. xlvii. a.d.
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To the Same, on His Having Sent Letters
to the Confessors Whom Novatian Had Seduced.
Argument.—The Argument of This Letter Sufficiently Appears from the
Title. It is Manifest that This Letter and the Following Were
Sent by One Messenger.
Cyprian to Cornelius his brother, greeting.
I have thought it both obligatory on me, and necessary for you, dearest
brother, to write a short letter to the confessors who are there with
you, and, seduced by the obstinacy and depravity of Novatian and
Novatus,2419
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[On the frequent confusion of these names see Wordsworth,
Hippol., p. 109.] | have departed
from the Church; in which letter I might induce them, for the sake of
our mutual affection, to return to their Mother, that is, to the
Catholic Church. This letter I have first of all entrusted to you
by Mettius the sub-deacon for your perusal, lest any one should pretend
that I had written otherwise than according to the contents of my
letter. I have, moreover, charged the same Mettius sent by me to
you, that he should be guided by your decision; and if you should think
that this letter should be given to the confessors, then that he should
deliver it. I bid you, dearest brother, ever heartily
farewell.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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