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The Actual Characteristics of the Decian Persecution According to Saint Cyprian’s Letters
… and the trials and terrors of the Roman persecutions. |The purpose of this investigation is to study the actual characteristics of the Decian persecution, and its effects upon the African Church as revealed in Cyprian's letters. |The first chapter describes very briefly the important …
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Cyprianic Ecclesiology: Redefining the Office of the Christian Bishop
… emperor Decius ignited the first empire-wide persecution of the Christian Church. The problems that resulted from this persecution were unprecedented. This thesis will analyze the letters and treatises of Cyprian and will illustrate how Cyprian solidified certain powers of the bishop and built …